UK walks back idea of foreign workers’ list
Britain backtracks on listing foreign workers as outcry mounts from business groups and opposition politicians
10 October 2016 - 10:30
LONDON — Britain said it would not make companies list or name their foreign workers after an outcry from business groups and opposition politicians, who said any proposal to "name and shame" employers would be divisive and discriminatory. "Let me absolutely confirm that is not going to happen: we are not going to ask companies to list or name or identify their foreign workers," defence minister Michael Fallon told BBC radio on Sunday.
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