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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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    Health unions publish guidance on recruiting overseas staff

    by Rob Moss 29 Apr 2024
    by Rob Moss 29 Apr 2024

    Overseas recruits to the NHS face bullying, harassment and discriminaion according to three health unions as they publish new guidance.

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    • Graduates

    KPMG cancels job offers to foreign graduates

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Apr 2024

    Higher salary thresholds, part of new visa rules for overseas workers, were cited as the reason for the withdrawal of job offers.

    • Right to work
    • Expatriates
    • Foreign language training

    Digital nomads – never mind the tax, think of the cheese…

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Apr 2024

    Italy has joined the ranks of countries serving digital nomad visas. How attractive are such offers to British remote workers?

    • Right to work
    • Expatriates
    • Europe

    Skilled UK workers eligible for Italy’s new digital nomad visa

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Apr 2024

    Italy has launched a digital nomad visa that will allow remote workers to live and work in the country on a continual basis.

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    UK immigration policy ‘harmful to businesses’

    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 11 Apr 2024

    The UK's current immigration policy is harmful to businesses, a report says, organisations still rely on international workers.

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    • Recruitment & retention

    Schools may struggle to recruit after relocation scheme changes

    by Adam McCulloch 5 Apr 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 5 Apr 2024

    The Department for Education has restricted a scheme designed to alleviate the shortage of languages and physics teachers in the UK.

    • Right to work
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    • Immigration

    Businesses will be ‘priced out of market’ for talent by new immigration rules

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Mar 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Mar 2024

    The shortage occupation list is being replaced under the new Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules by the UK government.

    • Latest News
    • Immigration
    • Migrant workers

    Care firm struggling to access migrant workers because of permit delays

    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Mar 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 13 Mar 2024

    Firm says it cannot access migrant care workers the Home Office has not yet renewed its immigration permit since rule change.

    • Right to work
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    • Recruitment & retention

    MAC recommends 21 roles for Immigration Salary List

    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Feb 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 26 Feb 2024

    The Migration Advisory Committee has recommended that only 21 occupations be included on the Immigration Salary List.

    • NHS
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    • Recruitment & retention

    Record proportion of international NHS workers

    by Adam McCulloch 15 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 15 Feb 2024

    A third of doctors and three in 10 nurses working in the health service have come from abroad – the highest proportion since records began.

    • NHS
    • Latest News
    • Public sector

    Immigration health surcharge rise ‘robs Peter to pay Paul’

    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 8 Feb 2024

    On 6 February, the Immigration Health Surcharge rose by 66% for those applying to come to the UK or hoping to extend their visas.

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Immigration

    Visa applications delayed amid rise in pay threshold

    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 25 Jan 2024

    International workers keen to take up jobs in the UK are encountering long visa application delays at the Home Office.

    • Right to work
    • Hybrid working
    • Latest News

    What were the biggest HR news stories of 2023?

    by Adam McCulloch 22 Dec 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 22 Dec 2023

    Personnel Today reviews a momentous year – with industrial relations, toxic workplace cultures, AI and immigration among the major themes.

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Migrant workers

    Family visa salary to be increased in stages

    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Dec 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 22 Dec 2023

    The Home Office has said the minimum family visa salary will be increased in stages, starting at £29,000 in the spring.

    • Right to work
    • Latest News
    • Recruitment & retention

    Invest in domestic care workforce, says sector body chief

    by Jo Faragher 15 Dec 2023
    by Jo Faragher 15 Dec 2023

    Employers in the care sector must think more creatively around recruitment and retention, its sector body chief has said.

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