Immigration

The CIPD Trust has published guidance to support employers and HR professionals to recruit and retain refugees.

Architects are urging the government to rethink the introduction of new rates to sponsor overseas skilled workers for the sector.

What is the latest guidance on the sponsorship and visa costs that can and can’t be passed onto a migrant employee?

The UK government will publish an immigration white paper later this year that will review the current rules around recruiting high-skilled workers from overseas.

What should organisations looking to bring in overseas talent look out for in 2025, asks Bates Wells’ Chetal Patel and Aisha Choudhry

What options do employees in the UK on Ukraine schemes have if they want to stay on in the long-term?

MAC annual report points to need for nuanced approach for reducing immigration while filling roles with domestic workers.

How can net migration be reduced, as the government wants, while addressing UK skills shortages?

Businesses that repeatedly flout visa rules or commit serious employment breaches will be barred from hiring overseas workers, the Home Office has announced.

Visa policy changes under the Conservative government and continued under the Labour administration are behind the decline in net immigration.

Suzanne Treen explains how employers facing skills gaps can still gain a competitive edge by using strategic immigration.

Abolition of the sponsorship system would address imbalance in power between workers and employers, finds study.

Safeguarding minister Jess Phillips announces plans to tackle Home Office backlog, ending uncertainty for modern slavery claimants.

The number of businesses obtaining sponsor licences to hire overseas talent went up by 44% year-on-year in August, according to data obtained by Jobbatical.

UK employers are becoming more flexible in their approach to hiring people who don’t speak English in a bid to combat labour shortages.