Orchestral musician jobs in the UK that are not for leaders or
principals of internationally recognised orchestras are likely to
be removed from the country's shortage occupation list. The UK
Border Agency's Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is making the
removal recommendation to government after publishing its third
partial review of occupations where shortages in skilled labour
mean that migration could help meet the needs of the economy.
The latest recommendation marks a change in policy from MAC's first
review in April 2009, on the back of which all skilled orchestral
musicians were added to the shortage occupation list, making it
much easier for UK orchestras to hire any player from outside the
European Economic Area. The Musicians' Union had strongly opposed
the decision, arguing that it had yet to be convinced of there
being a shortage of orchestral musicians in the UK.
MAC is due to publish a full review of the shortage occupation
lists in autumn 2010.
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