Not all secure high-flying jobs: many come to study, or to work as aupairs or waiters while perfecting their English, or to find a niche in London's huge creative industries.
Employers, who normally share with the worker welfare costs amounting to nearly 42% of gross wages, would pay a flat-rate contribution of 25% on jobs up to euro400, reduced to 12% for mini-jobs (cleaners and aupairs, for example) in private households.