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Recruiting foreign nationals

New and updated

  • Date:
    22 November 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employing overseas workers: 15 commonly asked questions

    Major changes to the UK's immigration rules affecting the requirements for sponsoring overseas skilled workers came into force earlier this year. What impact do these changes have on employers, and will hiring overseas workers, including right to work obligations, continue to become more challenging? We answer 15 of the most commonly asked questions.

  • Type:
    Quick reference

    Immigration routes for employing migrants in the UK

    Updated to reflect changes to the youth mobility scheme visa.

  • Type:
    Policies and procedures

    Employing workers from overseas policy

    Notes section updated to reflect that employers are no longer required to carry out follow up right to work checks for employees who have pre-settled status under the EU settlement scheme.

  • Date:
    3 July 2024
    Type:
    Commentary and insights

    Employers of record (EORs) - meaning, purpose and benefits

    Companies are realising the advantages of hiring workers internationally, but it can be tricky to recruit, pay and manage workers in foreign countries. If you don't have legal entities in the countries where you want to hire, working with an employer of record (EOR) is the easiest way to leverage a global workforce. As Remote's Preston Wickersham explains, it's a cost-effective approach that minimises the many risks of global expansion, whether you're a startup, a small- or medium-sized business or a large enterprise.

  • Date:
    13 June 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Global hiring - AI, EORs and worker misclassification risks

    Miranda Zolot, general counsel at Oyster, talks about the benefits and challenges of distributed working and global hiring. Join her as she discusses subjects including EORs and PEOs, compliance issues, employee/contractor misclassification risks, and AI.

  • Type:
    FAQs

    What is an employer of record (EOR)?

    An employer of record (EOR) is a third-party entity that takes on the responsibility of employing staff on behalf of an organisation based in a different country. The employer of record is ...

  • Type:
    Letters and forms

    Skilled worker sponsor compliance and audit preparation checklist

    Updated to recommend including copies of Home Office correspondence and change of circumstances requests in the sponsor management file

  • Date:
    12 March 2024
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Immigration changes in 2024 - how HR can prepare

    Louise Haycock, immigration solicitor and partner at law firm Fragomen, discusses the latest immigration changes affecting employers and the workforce, and how businesses can prepare for them.

  • Type:
    How to

    How to employ international students

    Updated to reflect that biometric residence permits have been replaced by eVisas

  • Date:
    21 February 2023
    Type:
    Podcasts and webinars

    Podcast: Immigration challenges and opportunities 2023

    Louise Haycock, partner and immigration solicitor at law firm Fragomen, discusses the challenges and opportunities arising in immigration in 2023 for HR and employers, including the sponsored worker regime, changes to right to work checks and benefits and issues arising from hybrid and remote working.