Rural Life
EU-wide awareness campaign for safe working conditions for seasonal workers
The European Labour Authority (ELA) has launched an awareness-raising campaign ‘Rights for all seasons’, calling attention to the need to...
Rural Life
The European Labour Authority (ELA) has launched an awareness-raising campaign ‘Rights for all seasons’, calling attention to the need to...
Rural Life
New guidance on “Safety for Seasonal Workers in Horticulture” has been published by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) today...
Agri-Business
There is “definite concern” among Irish growers as to the availability of seasonal horticulture workers as harvest season looms. Speaking...
Rural Life
A national horticulture recruitment campaign is currently being developed to recruit temporary workers from within this country, with the first...
Rural Life
Irish fruit farm Keelings has confirmed that it has flown a number of skilled seasonal workers into Ireland to pick...
Agri-Business
Germany is set to allow some 80,000 seasonal workers enter the country from eastern Europe amid a shortage of farm...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has issued guidelines for EU member states to follow to ensure the continued movement of workers, including...
Agri Politics
The supply of seasonal workers required for a successful harvest in the UK is “already in danger” for the year...
N.Ireland
England and Wales have suffered a 17% decline in the number of seasonal workers required for the harvesting of fruit...
Agri Politics
There is an urgent need for a substantial trial of a seasonal agricultural permit scheme for non-EU workers in the...