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Employers won't be able to rely on migrant workers

12:42 pm on 4 May 2020

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Experts are telling employers they'll need to start looking at ways to diversify their workforce, with migrant numbers forecast to significantly reduce in the coming years.

Older workers and younger people yet to enter the workforce could be targeted to fill the hole left by migrant workers.

However, Massey University's Professor Paul Spoonley told Māni Dunlop that employing the young and old isn't generally high on many employers' priority list.