>Post-Brexit curbs on immigration are proving a boon for restaurant workers as wage increases outstrip the national average.
Pay for staff in the hospitality sector has risen by 9.5pc – compared with the national average of 6.6pc – over the last year, new research shows.
>Pub wages are growing at the fast rate within the sector, increasing by 11.3pc, according to online headhunter Caterer.com.
The website said that there are now more than 1,700 jobs being advertised that offer an annual salary of £50,000 or more.
A combination of near-full employment and a crackdown on foreign workers in the wake of Britain’s exit from the EU has left restaurants, bars and hotels fighting for labour.
>An estimated 200,000 international workers from the hospitality sector have left the UK since 2019, recent figures revealed.
Bosses are also offering incentives to workers, with “mental health and wellbeing days” listed as particularly popular at aiding staff retention.
>Kathy Dyball, director at Caterer.com, said: “As the long-standing skills shortage continues to impact the sector, hospitality employers are focused on offering competitive salaries and benefits to attract and retain the people they need.
>“Despite the ongoing cost of living crisis and other challenges faced by hospitality employers, such as rising energy costs and inflation, the industry understands the value of its people, and has ramped up efforts to provide appealing and rewarding opportunities for employees.”
First person to whinge about inflation, and having to pay a bit more, to pay these workers a proper wage they can live off, loses at life.
It’s funny, that thing that anyone with a brain realised (that supply and demand absolutely does apply to workers and pay), somehow eluded the economists (it’s a social science) with their PhD’s.
Dave down the pub had them bang to rights on this one.
Economists have been taking us all for a ride for years, to further their political agenda. There’s no proof immigration improves living standards, and tons of evidence it degrades them.
‘Line got up’ mantra needs to die a death.
Importing 1.5 million people a year, to make GDP go up 0.5%, is fucking barmy.
Worth noting that National Minimum Wage has risen by 10% in the last year.
I am suspicious of the premise of this article.
But not really above inflation. So while this is welcome, it does not make anybody richer.
I’d love to know what all these hospitality jobs paying more than £50,000/year are?
Publican / head chef positions?
Hardly something the majority in hospitality can even do.
> Pay for staff in the hospitality sector has **risen by 9.5pc** – compared with the national average of 6.6pc – over the last year, new research shows.
That’s less than inflation.
The Telegraph are claiming a Brexit boom while pointing at staff who have had their pay cut in real terms.
If that’s the best argument they can think of for why Brexit is going well, we really should rejoin the EU.
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>Post-Brexit curbs on immigration are proving a boon for restaurant workers as wage increases outstrip the national average.
Pay for staff in the hospitality sector has risen by 9.5pc – compared with the national average of 6.6pc – over the last year, new research shows.
>Pub wages are growing at the fast rate within the sector, increasing by 11.3pc, according to online headhunter Caterer.com.
The website said that there are now more than 1,700 jobs being advertised that offer an annual salary of £50,000 or more.
A combination of near-full employment and a crackdown on foreign workers in the wake of Britain’s exit from the EU has left restaurants, bars and hotels fighting for labour.
>An estimated 200,000 international workers from the hospitality sector have left the UK since 2019, recent figures revealed.
Bosses are also offering incentives to workers, with “mental health and wellbeing days” listed as particularly popular at aiding staff retention.
>Kathy Dyball, director at Caterer.com, said: “As the long-standing skills shortage continues to impact the sector, hospitality employers are focused on offering competitive salaries and benefits to attract and retain the people they need.
>“Despite the ongoing cost of living crisis and other challenges faced by hospitality employers, such as rising energy costs and inflation, the industry understands the value of its people, and has ramped up efforts to provide appealing and rewarding opportunities for employees.”
First person to whinge about inflation, and having to pay a bit more, to pay these workers a proper wage they can live off, loses at life.
It’s funny, that thing that anyone with a brain realised (that supply and demand absolutely does apply to workers and pay), somehow eluded the economists (it’s a social science) with their PhD’s.
Dave down the pub had them bang to rights on this one.
Economists have been taking us all for a ride for years, to further their political agenda. There’s no proof immigration improves living standards, and tons of evidence it degrades them.
‘Line got up’ mantra needs to die a death.
Importing 1.5 million people a year, to make GDP go up 0.5%, is fucking barmy.
Worth noting that National Minimum Wage has risen by 10% in the last year.
I am suspicious of the premise of this article.
But not really above inflation. So while this is welcome, it does not make anybody richer.
I’d love to know what all these hospitality jobs paying more than £50,000/year are?
Publican / head chef positions?
Hardly something the majority in hospitality can even do.
> Pay for staff in the hospitality sector has **risen by 9.5pc** – compared with the national average of 6.6pc – over the last year, new research shows.
That’s less than inflation.
The Telegraph are claiming a Brexit boom while pointing at staff who have had their pay cut in real terms.
If that’s the best argument they can think of for why Brexit is going well, we really should rejoin the EU.