Shores & Legal

Most of us are gearing towards 2021 and what it will bring after such a difficult 2020. One thing for sure is the new #immigration rules that will come into force on 1 December 2020 for non-EEA nationals and 1 January 2021 for EEA nationals. Whilst sponsor licencing and immigration compliance is unlikely one of the top priorities for anyone to be thinking about, employers need to know that there are subtle but vast changes that are taking place. These changes could impact you

Just this week, the Home Office published its quarterly statistics for #civil_penalties issued between 1 October 2018 to 31 December 2018. The numbers are staggering. Employers were issued with fines of more than £7.7 million for employing illegal migrants over those three months. That equates to around 600+ illegal workers found working unlawfully. One cannot feel anything but being dismayed at the number of fines that are still floating around. The #Civil_Penalty system (ag