PREVENTING ILLEGAL WORKING – CHECK ONLINE
7 May 2013
In the run up to the go live of RTI, we all received regular reminders about the importance of holding up to date and accurate employee data along with the reminder that we should be following due process in ensuring that all potential employees have the right to live and work in the UK. You may have had a moment of hesitation at the thought of the preventing illegal working process, whilst at the same time re-assuring yourself that ‘nothing has changed’ as indeed may well be the case! However, just in case anything has changed since you last looked, this article aims to provide you with a timely reminder, if one were needed, that it is always worth a double check, and to highlight, if you weren’t already aware, that you can carry out a simple check online to see whether a potential employee can work in the UK .
MINOR CHANGES TO THE IMMIGRATION RULES COME INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 2013
13 June 2013
The UK Border Agency has published a number of minor changes to the Immigration Rules which will come into force on 1 July 2013. They include: changes to the documents required for approved English language tests; clarification that 'regulated financial institutions' means those regulated to provide personal savings accounts or student loans; more legal courses are now exempt from the time limit on study for Tier 4 student visas; and a resident labour market test is not needed for applications for a religious worker (Tier 5) extension. Other changes include: some minor updates and clarifications to the family Immigration Rules; changes to the list of financial institutions in Bangladesh and Ghana from which documents can be verified.
Full details of all changes are given in the Statement of Changes to the Immigration Rules (HC244) available on the UKBA website .
Home Office Consultation: Strengthening and simplifying the civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal working
12 July 2013
The Home Office has published a consultation on measures to reform the civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal working. It seeks views on their proposals to strengthen and simplify the current civil penalty scheme to prevent illegal migrant working. Employers already have a responsibility to check that their employees have the right to work in the UK, and since 2008 this has been underpinned by a civil penalty scheme. This has been successful in requiring employers to make right to work checks and imposing a sanction on those who do not. The Home Office propose to further refine these requirements to get tougher on employers who continue to exploit illegal migrant workers. In parallel, and
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