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Craig Stuart
Member - 86 posts
Why shouldn't businesses pay for basic language lessons? It's a case of wanting their cake and eating once again. We see too many cases where cheap labour is used and not all have a degree - far from it. It's these vulnerable migrant workers that need support, training and help with the language. At the very least they should be able to understand health and safety instructions and fire evacuation procedures.
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Phil Lemon
Member - 50 posts
It very much depends on how3 much the employer want's this person/people.
There areguments for multilingual evacuatiobn signs, i was in a hospital in Spain over the weekend, whilst most of the signage was in Spanish, emergency signage was in Spanish, English and German as these languages cover the major populations in the area.
Closer to home, street signage in the Brick Lane area is in at leat two languages. THere are some building contractors that will employ foremen who speak both english and another (Polish etc)
If an employer is able to find the skills that they need from EU nationals, it may make business sense to provide information and advice in a language(s) that are understood
English builders being employed in Germany or Spain some years ago, it's the nature of the world, economic migration and integration
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Angela Ferguson
Member - 12 posts
No, do you see any other country offering british language lessons? Why should the UK be burdened with this cost. More and more, the UK tax payer or employer is bearing the brunt of the Government not setting minimum immigration requirements i.e. if you want to settle or work here - learn the language first - do not expect funding to be available for interpreters like they do at the moment. But that would be common sense and where immigration is concerned, there is none.
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Anne McAllister
Member - 124 posts
Investing in people is always good business sense and if an employee rquires further training to enhance his/her abilities to make the organisation more profitable then it should be carried out.
I have previous experience working abroad and being able to speak the language was a pre requisite for the majority of jobs.
Immigrants should not be left with the work no one else wants but having said that ...you can learn just as well from colleagues and friends.....just might pick up the wrong "bits" of the English language.
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Bozena Benton
Member - 53 posts
When my son moved to Finland and wanted to work it was a requirement that he first learned the language - he actually was required to learn both Swedish and Finnish (he lives in a Swedish speaking area) and it is the policy that one attends college full-time to so do, receiving an allowance during the course.
The course includes a work experience placement. Those who pick up the language skills find that the employers are more likely to offer them a job before the course is complete
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