P-04-414 Welsh Jobs
P-04-414 Welsh Jobs
Petition wording:
We, the undersigned, call on the Welsh Assembly to urge the Welsh
Government to encourage employers relocating to Wales, or opening new
facilities and outlets here, to recruit and, where necessary, train local
staff.
Supporting information:
There are examples from around Wales of new jobs being taken by, in some
instances, entire workforces brought in from outside Wales. A mutually accepted definition of a ’key
worker’ could help avoid these situations. It should be restricted to
specialised posts for which the required skills or qualifications are not
available locally and could not be acquired by locals from a short period of
training. Otherwise politicians,
media and others trumpeting ’new jobs’, when these are effectively denied to
Welsh people is, at best, misleading.
Petition raised by: Royston Jones
Date petition first considered by
Committee: 2 October 2012
Number of signatures: 65
Business type: Petition
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Decision due: 30 Sep 2012 by Petitions Committee - Fourth Assembly