• Enhanced Immigration Rules to Benefit Pre-Settled EU Residents in the UK

    The UK has introduced new Immigration Rules automatically extending the status of pre-settled EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) by two years. The Home Office will manage the process, ensuring that those who haven’t yet switched to settled status won’t lose their immigration rights. The status extension will be directly…

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  • Illegal Aliens

    Illegal Aliens

    When I recruit a new employee what ‘right to work’ documents do I need to check, when do I need to check them and who can do this? An employer is required to carry out checks on all prospective new employees before they start work and this would include all British nationals that you intend…

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  • British Jobs for British Workers?

    When recruiting for your business, who do you prefer to hire and why? British workers European workers Non EU workers What is your experience? While working for an organisation a few years back, we needed to 20 year background check staff. Some of the applicants came from Darfur and Baghdad. It was impossible to background…

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  • Are all your employees legal? ….. are you sure?

    In 2008, the UK Boarders & Imigration Agency (UKBIA) introduced fixed penalty fines of £10,000 per employee for illegal immigrants. In 2007, there were 38 prosecutions. However, following the introduction of the fixed penalty, there were 1164 penalties imposed costing employers £11.2 million in fines. In 2009 these figures rose to 2210 penalties costing £22.1…

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