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- Type:
- How to
Updated to reflect changes to government guidance, confirming that sponsors must carry out right to work checks on workers who are not directly employed.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated with details of what to do if an employee is unable to prove their right to work due to a technical issue.
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- Date:
- 17 October 2024
- Type:
- Commentary and insights
As part of the Government's digitisation of the UK immigration system, physical documents, including biometric residence permits (BRPs), which are currently used to prove immigration status, are being phased out and replaced with eVisas by the end of 2024. Employers will need to take steps to update their impacted workplace population, and implement processes to complete follow-up right to work checks where required.
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- Date:
- 25 September 2024
- Type:
- Podcasts and webinars
In this webinar, Annabel Mace, partner and head of immigration, and May Cheung, director, from Squire Patton Boggs' business immigration team, provide insights into recent changes and future developments.
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- Date:
- 4 September 2024
- Type:
- News
The number of businesses registered to sponsor overseas workers has risen by more than 300% since the UK's points-based immigration system was introduced in 2020, an analysis of government figures shows.
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- Type:
- FAQs
Yes. An employee who has "no recourse to public funds" because of their immigration status will be entitled to statutory family-related pay and statutory sick pay, provided that ...
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- Type:
- Letters and forms
Updated to recommend including copies of Home Office correspondence and change of circumstances requests in the sponsor management file.
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- Type:
- FAQs
Updated to reflect the removal from government guidance of a 28-day grace period that allowed for continued employment while the employee made a late application to the EU settlement scheme.
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- Type:
- Quick reference
Updated to reflect changes to immigration rules allowing more flexibility for business visitors.
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- Type:
- How to
Updated to reflect that fines for employing illegal workers increase from 13 February 2024.