Brake linings suppliers may be concerned about what the outcome of Brexit will bring for their staff.
Over one in ten (11 per cent) of people working in the manufacturing sector are EU migrants, a recent ONS survey has shown.
The news will add to current fears many workers and employers are facing, about what the future holds when the UK leaves the EU. There have to date been few assurances about what will happen to the three millions of EU citizens currently living and working in the UK.
There is still no plan in place for how the UK government will manage migration after it leaves the EU, though there are promises the ‘best and brightest’ will be able to work here.
The trend is also seen across other sectors with 14 per cent of workers in the wholesale and retail trade come from outside of the UK and 12 per cent in the UK’s financial and business services sector were foreign nationals, including 382,000 from the EU.
EU migrants were more likely to be overqualified at the work that they were doing, compared to UK citizens. Some blame this in the fact that many EU migrants come to the UK in order to study, and often stay on after they have completed their qualifications.
“Today’s analysis shows the significant impact international migration has on the UK labour market. It is particularly important to the wholesale and retail, hospitality, and public administration and health sectors, which employ around 1.5 million non-UK nationals,” said Anna Bodey of the ONS to the BBC.