Changes to seasonal labour model ‘would cost industry £43m per year’

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Implementing the Employer Pays Principle in the UK horticulture sector would further impact food security, a study has warned

New proposals that would see employers have to pay seasonal workers’ recruitment costs could cost the industry £43.1m per year, and further impact food security, a new study has found.

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