Home Office Warning to Sponsors for Inactive SMS
We’re aware that the Home Office’s Sponsor, Assurance and Investigations Team have contacted some sponsor licence holders by email to warn of inactivity on their Sponsorship Management System. Sponsor licence holders are required to keep their SMS records up to date, or risk enforcement action. This includes ensuring your key personnel details are up to […]
ICT to Global Business Mobility Visa Transition Arrangements for Sponsors
The Home Office has shared details of the transition arrangements for sponsors that are currently employing, or are in the process of hiring, ICT visa holders. From 11 April 2022, the Global Business Mobility (GBM) Visa will be open to new applications. Within the GBM visa, two new sub-categories will replace the ICT routes: GBM: […]
Statutory Employment Payments Changes 2022-2023
Changes have now taken effect relating to statutory employment payments. Employers must ensure they have taken action to ensure compliance, including reviewing and updating policies and documents, and adjusting statutory employment payments in line with the new applicable rates. Increase in statutory sick pay The weekly rate of statutory sick pay has increased from […]
Employment Case Law Update March 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Employment Tribunal compensation limits increase The limits for basic and compensatory awards for unfair dismissal are set to increase. From 6 April 2022, the basic award will increase to £17,130, up from […]
Employment Case Law Update February 2022
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Employment status & holiday pay entitlement Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd In Smith v Pimlico Plumbers Ltd, the Court of Appeal considered the impact of worker status on holiday carry over entitlement. […]
Tier 1 Investor Visa Route Closed
The UK Government has permanently closed the Tier 1 (Investor) Visa route for foreign nationals. The closure took effect from 4pm 17 February 2022, and applies to all new investor visa applications from applicants of all nationalities. Statement of Changes In its statement, the Home Office advised that the visa route had been “under […]
Preparing for 1 July 2021: Changes to EU Worker Status
Although the UK left the EU on 31 January 2020, Brexit transition arrangements delayed changes to the status and immigration rights of European nationals in the UK until after 30 June 2021. New Home Office guidance on preventing illegal working has been published covering changes to document checks for EEA & Swiss nationals from 1 […]
UK COVID Travel Restrictions Guide for Employers
Tougher COVID travel rules are now in force for travel into and out of the UK. Travellers are advised to check the latest regulations in advance of their departure date to ensure they are complying with all applicable testing, documentation and quarantine requirements. UK COVID travel rules Since 4 October 2021, a new system […]
Employment Case Law Update November 2021
Read on for our monthly digest for employers on upcoming employment law changes and key employment cases that have recently been decided. Wrongful dismissal Hovis Limited v Louton The claimant, Mr Louton, worked for Hovis as a delivery lorry driver. It was reported by one of the company’s managers (Mr Sittre) that he and […]
UK COVID Travel & Testing Rules
A raft of new rules has been announced for travellers arriving into the UK, which the government hopes will boost the travel industry and help to bring travel operations back to normal levels. Under the changes, the traffic light system has been simplified, all remaining countries are being removed from the travel red list and […]