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The UK healthcare sector faces an unprecedented staffing crisis. From bustling NHS hospitals to community care homes, healthcare providers across the nation grapple with persistent recruitment challenges that threaten service delivery and patient care. However, the Health and Care Worker Visa presents a strategic solution that could transform your organisation’s approach to international recruitment. Understanding […]
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Passport costs are proposed to increase on 27th March 2018. Online applications, which are available to all UK-based applicants, will increase from £72.50 to £75.50 for adults and £49 for children. Postal applications will increase by £12.50 to £85 for adults and £58.50 for children. The proposals, which are subject to Parliamentary approval, would mean […]
What is the Taylor Review? The Government has published a review into working practices in the modern economy. The review, led by Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the Royal Society of the Arts, has made various recommendations. This month, the Government responded to the Taylor Review. The full report can be found at: https://goo.gl/KypbYB Four […]
As an employer, you will need to apply for a sponsor licence to sponsor a non-EEA migrant under the Tier 2 (General) route. Once you are granted a sponsor licence you will be able to issue Certificates of Sponsorship (CoS) to non-EEA migrants through the Sponsorship Management System (SMS). The sponsor is normally the employer […]
The notice period that an employer must give to an employee should be stated in the employment contract. As an employer, you must ensure, that as a minimum, the following notice periods are provided to your employees: One week’s notice to an employee who has been continuously employed for one month or more but less […]
An Employment Tribunal has ruled that the drivers who provide service to Uber are “workers” within the meaning of the Employment Rights Act 1996. What does this mean? This means that as workers they would be entitled to certain employment rights such as: Being paid the national minimum wage A 48 hours average working week […]
In the case of Otero Ramos v Servicio Galego de Saude, the Claimant was a nurse who worked in a hospital’s accident and emergency unit. She claimed sex discrimination because her employer’s risk assessment for her, as a breastfeeding worker, stated that her work was ‘risk-free’, so her request for an adjustment in her working […]
All UK businesses are obliged to comply with UK immigration law and this is vital for running their business. An employer’s ability to recruit the main personnel can be imperative to its continued success. Those who deal with recruitment within an organisation need to have a good knowledge of immigration law to assess whether permission […]
The NHS surcharge allows you to use the NHS services. You can only use it once you have paid the surcharge (or you are exempt from it) and your visa or immigration application has been granted. You may need to apply for the NHS surcharge as part of your application, which is dependant upon what […]
Case study: Discrimination- Jerome Stern, chief executive of J Stern & Co is accused of constructively unfairly dismissing employee and victimisation. Some of you may have read the Evening Standard yesterday. There was an article about a former client manager for a private bank in Knightsbridge who has lodged a claim at the Tribunal against […]
All Employers should be aware that it is unlawful to employ someone who does not have the right to live and the right to work in the UK or who is working in breach of their conditions of stay. Employers should comply with their obligation to prevent illegal working. They must: Carry out “right to […]
