Archive for the ‘Right to Work in the UK’ Category
By Emma - Thursday, June 19th, 2008
Not content with the new laws brought in at the end of February to prosecute employers who employ illegal workers the Home Office has announced a new initiative designed to crack down on the hiring of people without the right to work in the UK. As of today the names of businesses who break the rules and employ illegal workers will be named and shamed on the Home Office’s UK Border Agency’s website. See more here.
Remember we can help you ensure you meet Home Office requirements relating to your employees’ right to work in the UK. We can advise on the documentation you need to obtain to satisfy yourselves about an employee’s immigration status and we can also advise on ways it might be possible to obtain permission for someone to work for you if they are not able to currently.
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By Sarah - Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
The EAT last week gave Judgment on an interesting case involving the explotation of foreign workers (in this case a Nigerian student working in a hotel). The Nigerian worker had permission to work in the UK albeit the employer hadn’t bothered to check this point. He had also failed to pay the worker the national minimum wage and that his failing to do so was on the basis of his race as he was vunerable to exploitation. When the worker told his employer he wanted to get a NI number and pay taxes his employer discouraged him from doing so telling him that ”You go ahead and pay tax, but I do not pay tax and do not intend to pay tax.” This clearly did not go down well with the Tribunal and things got worse for the employer when it was found that he then dismissed the worker for this fact. The original tribunal upheld the workers complaints of direct race discrimination, unlawful deduction from wages and breach of contract. His complaint of unfair dismissal was not upheld. The Tribunal then went on to award a total of £19,000 including £8,000 for injury to feelings and a £1,000 aggravated damages award. There was also a 40% uplift awarded for the employer’s failure to follow the statutory dismissal procedure. The employer appealed against the finding of race discrmination and the amount of the award. He lost on both counts and the Judgment makes quite interesting reading. The original Tribunal and the employers attitude to tax and the NMW would have also made interesting watching!
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By Philip - Wednesday, March 7th, 2007
The Home Office have today launched a new policy aimed at tackling illegal migrants in the UK. Employers have an obligation to ensure that all employees have the right to work in the UK and the new policy will ensure that there is greater co-operation between government departments. There will be new Workplace Enforcement Teams who will attempt to track down companies employing people who should not be in the country. But wait for it - the Government are going to text people after April and tell them that their visas are due to expire and that they need to make arrangements to leave the UK. What a brilliant idea, I am sure that will work and I am surpised nobody thought of that before!!
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