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.
- 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 from 1 January 2021.
- Business leaders need HR to engage in workforce planning, to make sure the organisation has the resources in place to see it through the changes that lie ahead.
- HR has a role to play in helping existing employees who are EU nationals apply to the EU settlement scheme, to make sure they have the right to stay in the UK.
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 manage the impact of Brexit
- 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
Workforce planning
- How to manage the impact of Brexit
- Brexit workforce audit
- Post-Brexit recruitment realities
- Rethinking recruitment following Brexit
- Podcast: Getting to grips with Brexit following the end of the transition period
- Webinar: Looking beyond Brexit - is your organisation ready?
Right to work checks
- How should employers carry out right to work in the UK checks for European nationals following Brexit?
- Can an employer rely on an EEA passport as evidence of the right to work if the individual arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020?
- 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
- How to manage the impact of Brexit
- EU settlement scheme
- Why is it important for European nationals in the UK to obtain settled or pre-settled status?
- What should an employer do if an employee's application for settled status is not successful?
- What impact will Brexit have on EU nationals already working in the UK before the end of the transition period?
- Brexit: Letter warning EEA nationals to apply for settled or pre-settled status
Changes to employment law
General
- Brexit and UK employment law
- What impact will Brexit have 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?
- International data transfers
- What restrictions does the UK GDPR place on employers transferring employee data outside the European Economic Area?
