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Immigration

Employers must ensure that individuals who are recruited have the legal right to work in the UK. Employers cannot employ an individual who is subject to immigration control and who has not been granted leave to enter or remain in the UK, or does not have permission to work in the UK.

All potential employees are required to provide evidence of entitlement to work in the UK. Requests for documentation should therefore be applied to all potential employees, not just those coming from abroad.

Employers are liable for fines for negligently employing illegal workers and can be prosecuted under the criminal offence of knowingly employing illegal workers.


 

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    Record fall in EU nationals employed in UK

    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Aug 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 14 Aug 2018

    The number of EU nationals working in the UK has fallen by a record amount, with 86,000 fewer EU workers...

    • Right to work
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Employers report lack of candidates and pressure to increase wages

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Aug 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Aug 2018

    Two in five employers found it difficult to get the staff they needed over the past 12 months and have...

    • Right to work
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    • Labour market

    Tier 2 visa alternatives: Employing skilled non-EEA workers

    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Aug 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 8 Aug 2018

    For eight consecutive months the number of applications for certificates of sponsorship for non-EEA workers have surpassed the number available...

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    What Jeremy Hunt’s faux pas tells us about cross-cultural intelligence

    by Matthew MacLachlan 2 Aug 2018
    by Matthew MacLachlan 2 Aug 2018

    It was just a slip, albeit an absurd one, but the new foreign secretary’s gaffe in China this week sheds...

    • Right to work
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    • Immigration

    Tier 2 visas: foreign worker cap still being hit despite medical staff exemption

    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jul 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 27 Jul 2018

    The number of skilled foreign workers applying for visas under the Tier 2 system is still outstripping the number of...

    • Brexit
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    • Migrant workers

    Home Office publishes settlement scheme toolkit for employers

    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Jul 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 25 Jul 2018

    The Home Office has launched a toolkit that will help employers of EU citizens offer advice in how they can...

    • Brexit
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    • Skills shortages

    Fall in EU worker migration ‘bad news for employers’

    by Jo Faragher 16 Jul 2018
    by Jo Faragher 16 Jul 2018

    The CIPD has warned that today’s falling migration figures will further hamper employers’ ability to recruit EU workers.

    EU migration...

    • Brexit
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    • Europe

    Sajid Javid: no ‘automatic right’ for EU citizens to work post-Brexit

    by Rob Moss 11 Jul 2018
    by Rob Moss 11 Jul 2018

    EU citizens would not have any “automatic right” to work in the UK after the Brexit transition period, Sajid Javid...

    • Brexit
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    NHS hospitals asked to reassure EU staff ahead of Brexit

    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Jul 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 3 Jul 2018

    NHS hospitals in England have been asked to reach out to staff from other EU countries about continuing to work...

    • Brexit
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    • Labour market

    Fruit industry calls for seasonal permit to avoid post-Brexit labour shortage

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Jun 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Jun 2018

    The soft fruit industry could be “crushed” by Brexit if it loses access to the thousands of seasonal workers it...

    • Brexit
    • Right to work
    • Latest News

    Home Office reveals details of settlement scheme for EU nationals

    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Jun 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 21 Jun 2018

    The Home Office has revealed how EU nationals can apply for ‘settled status’, allowing them to continue to live and...

    • STEM
    • Right to work
    • Latest News

    Tier 2 visas: how the NHS exemption will benefit other sectors

    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jun 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 19 Jun 2018

    The removal of doctors and nurses from the cap on Tier 2 visas for highly-skilled workers has been welcomed and...

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Skills shortages

    Doctors and nurses to be excluded from Tier 2 visa cap

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jun 2018
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Jun 2018

    NHS doctors and nurses will be excluded from restrictions to the number of visas granted to skilled non-EU migrant workers,...

    • Brexit
    • Europe
    • Latest News

    Home secretary to propose universal immigration system after Brexit

    by Jo Faragher 11 Jun 2018
    by Jo Faragher 11 Jun 2018

    Home secretary Sajid Javid has reportedly “torn up” plans to offer European migrants preferential access to the UK after its...

    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Immigration

    Tier 2 visa reforms: what would employers like to see?

    by Rachel Harvey 6 Jun 2018
    by Rachel Harvey 6 Jun 2018

    With a review of the Tier 2 visa system for non-EU nationals promised by home secretary Sajid Javid, Rachel Harvey...

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