Brexit: resource round-up
The right of free movement for UK nationals in the EU, and EU nationals in the UK, ended on 31 December 2020, the end of the Brexit transition period. This has implications for HR as it affects how your organisation meets its staffing needs:
- From 1 January 2021, EU nationals entering the UK for work purposes need permission to do so. See below for guidance on the new immigration system, which came into force on 1 December 2020. The EU settlement scheme, to which EU nationals living in the UK prior to 1 January 2021 could apply for settled or pre-settled status, closed on 30 June 2021.
- More organisations will require a sponsor licence, as sponsorship will be the main route through which employers can bring in employees from outside the UK.
- HR teams need to make sure their right to work checks are compliant. See below for changes to right to work checking requirements from 1 July 2021.
We provide new guidance on a regular basis, and add it to the list below. Browse the list or use the "Go to section" drop-down (above) to explore.
The new immigration system
- Immigration routes for employing migrants in the UK
- Points-based immigration system
- How to apply for a sponsor licence
- How to retain a sponsor licence
- How to employ international students
- When does an employer need a sponsor licence?
- How does an employer apply for a sponsor licence?
- Can an employer apply for a sponsor licence before it has identified specific candidates to be sponsored?
- Does an employer need a sponsor licence to employ EEA nationals who have settled or pre-settled status?
- Working remotely from abroad: What employers need to know
- Changing immigration rules and how employers can benefit
- How will employers fare under the new immigration system?
- Webinar: End of the Brexit transition period - what does this mean for HR?
- Webinar: Looking beyond Brexit - is your organisation ready?
- Podcast: The end of the Brexit transition period - what employers need to know
Business travel
- Business visitors in the UK
- Can foreign nationals travel to the UK for business purposes?
- Can UK national employees travel to the EEA for business purposes?
- Managing international business travel during coronavirus and Brexit
- What is a frontier worker permit?
Right to work checks
- Documentation acceptable as proof of right to work in the UK - indefinite right to work in the UK (list A)
- Documentation acceptable as proof of right to work in the UK - limited right to work in the UK (list B)
- How should employers carry out right to work in the UK checks for EEA nationals?
- Immigration rules and right to work
- Podcast: Conducting right to work checks
- Webinar: End of the Brexit transition period - what does this mean for HR?
The EU settlement scheme
- EU settlement scheme
- What should an employer do if an employee's application for settled status is not successful?
- What should an employer do if it becomes aware that an EEA national employee does not have settled or pre-settled status?
- What is the impact of Brexit on EU nationals already working in the UK before the end of the transition period?
Changes to employment law
General
- Brexit and UK employment law
- What is the impact of Brexit on employment law?
- Technical amendments to employment law following the UK's exit from the EU take effect
- Podcast: Key 2021 employment cases HR should know about
Data protection
- What is the effect of Brexit on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation to the UK?
- Transferring personal data into the UK
- What restrictions does the UK GDPR place on employers transferring employee data outside the European Economic Area?
