They asked more than 1,000 employers, who confirmed that vacancies were becoming harder to fill by foreign workers. They concluded that the ‘sudden reversal’ in the number of EU and non-EU citizen who were willing to be in employment in this country would lead to bosses having to raise rates of pay to make jobs more attractive.
Gerwyn Davies, of the CIPD, said:
‘The data implies that the pendulum has swung away from the UK as an attractive place to live and work for non-UK-born citizens, especially non-EU citizens, during a period of strong employment growth and low unemployment.