Recruitment
As immigration and sponsorship rules tighten and pay rates determine whether workers can be employed in the UK, a recently highlighted tribunal case has cast light on whether an employer can lawfully pay a sponsored worker more than a non-sponsored worker doing the same role.
Immigration law specialists have welcomed a u-turn on Home Office guidance requiring employers sponsoring migrant workers to conduct right-to-work checks on anyone they "directly engage". In the past three months there have been three updates to the Home Office guidance about whom sponsors should conduct right-to-work checks on - the latest, published on 20 May, could bring much relief to employers with licences to sponsor workers.
The government has dropped plans to make it a mandatory requirement for workers to sign up for digital ID to prove their right to work in the UK.
UK prime minister Keir Starmer has confirmed the government will introduce digital IDs to ensure the UK's 'borders are more secure'.
More than 100 companies in the facilities management sector have warned of 'deep concerns' and 'unintended consequences' of the Employment Rights Bill.
Prime minister Keir Starmer announced the government's Immigration White Paper this morning (12 May), pledging to drastically reduce employers' reliance on overseas workers and promote investment in homegrown skills.
UK employers are willing to pay a 14% wage premium for workers with AI skills, according to research that finds demand for tech skills and productivity in the most AI-exposed sectors has soared.
Working class people are less likely to be hired by charities than by other employers in the public and private sector, a report by EY Foundation has revealed.
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