As you are aware, the Secretary of State has requested that the Migration Advisory Committee ("MAC") advise on the following issues:
- What further changes to Tier 1 of the Points Based System should there be in 2010/11, given the changing economic circumstances?
- Is there an economic case for restricting Tier 2 to shortage occupations?
- What is the MAC's assessment of the economic contribution made by the dependants of the Points Based System and their role in the labour market?
The MAC requested that employers respond by 11 June 2009 in relation to the questions posed regarding Tiers 1 and 2 and have been compiling their results of this exercise in order to report back to the Secretary of State.
This report regarding the first two questions will be published on 19 August 2009 and we will release a detailed Law-Now on the findings following this.
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The original publication date for this article was 04/08/2009.