EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

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Dammit

I should know this, but don't - we have a minimum wage, therefore it should be impossible to pay a migrant/immigrant less than someone from the UK, so why are (say) Polish workers given jobs over English workers? Or is that purely perception, or are the Polish etc generally (in the rural North) doing jobs that Englishers don't apply for?

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Howard in reply to @Dammit

You are assuming working for minimum wage is viable
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JWestland in reply to @Dammit

But cash in hand jobs working on houses etc. arent seen in that.

Neither are construction semi black payments or temp contracts.
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William. in reply to @Dammit

There's a few things at work here. One is that those from eastern Europe who come looking for work will take literally any job, seasonal work picking fruit and veg is a good example; minimum wage, 5am starts, hard physical labour. The English simply don't want these jobs.

Second, and just from personal experience working in the construction industry, Polish carpenters have an excellent work ethic, are skillfull, fast, and take their work very seriously. On sites I have worked on they make the English chippies look like piss takers at times.

And yes, perception plays a large part as well.