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Migrant salary threshold should be £20,000, say business leaders
Business leaders have called for a number of reforms to the immigration system, including lowering the salary threshold and revising...
More than half of employers will be worse off under proposed immigration rules
More than half of UK employers with staff from outside the UK will be negatively...
EU settled status: how employers can help their European staff
Last week Personnel Today ran an opinion piece which criticised the EU Settlement Scheme, the process that EU, EEA or...
EU settled status scheme looks far from settled
Home Office cannot afford to ignore the lessons of the Windrush scandal and suffer the resulting reputational damage.
MPs say EU settlement scheme risks Windrush re-run
The scheme could lead to the unnecessary and unlawful deportations of people who should be entitled to live and work in the UK.
Expand shortage occupation list to meet skills needs
The shortage occupation list should be expanded to allow more migrant workers to fill a wider range of health, IT...
Immigration rules on same-sex partners remain tough
Only a third of countries allow same-sex spouses to qualify as dependents on immigration applications, while just 30% allow same-sex partners this qualification.
No EU settlement scheme applications rejected in initial phase
The Home Office has announced that more than 600,000 EU citizens had applied to stay in the UK in the...
‘Asylum migrants’ earn less than UK-born workers
People that come to the UK as “asylum migrants” are more likely to be unemployed, earn less and work fewer...
Brexit extension: Will employers be kept in the dark?
The UK and the EU have agreed a “flexible extension” of Brexit until 31 October, but will this Halloween exit...
Will immigration costs deter talent after Brexit?
How the UK manages Brexit may hang in the balance this week, but one certainty is that costs will rise...
Government extends group of occupations exempt from £30,000 visa threshold
The government has announced an extension to the number of professions that will be exempt from the proposed £30,000 minimum...
Top 10 HR questions February 2019: Redundancy, FTCs and maternity leave
When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
Redundancy exercises bring...
Post-Brexit £30,000 immigration salary threshold will be ‘disastrous’
The government's proposed salary threshold for EU migrants will “decimate” the UK's manufacturing base, says industry body.
EU worker numbers continue to fall ahead of Brexit
With Brexit drawing closer, the number of EU nationals working in the UK fell by 61,000 in the last quarter...
