Recruiting foreign nationals

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• Employing foreign nationals

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to highlight temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks, in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Coronavirus: Right to work in the UK model documents updated

  Date:

  31 March 2020

  Type:

  Editor's choice

  Guidance in our model documents has been updated to reflect temporary changes to the rules on checking the right to work in the UK, introduced because of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

• Coronavirus: Home Office speeds up right to work checks

  Date:

  31 March 2020

  Type:

  News

  The Government has adjusted the way right to work checks can be conducted during the coronavirus pandemic.

• How to apply for a sponsor licence

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect Home Office guidance on sponsors' duties in relation to employee absence because of coronavirus (COVID-19).

• How to retain a sponsor licence

  Type:

  How to

  Updated to reflect Home Office guidance on sponsors' duties in relation to employee absence because of coronavirus (COVID-19).

• Points-based immigration: five things employers can do now

  Date:

  20 February 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  Employers have been advised not to panic in reaction to the newly published details on the proposed points-based immigration system that will take effect from 1 January 2021. Jo Faragher reports.

• Queen's Speech: Flexible working, carers' leave and immigration plan confirmed

  Date:

  19 December 2019

  Type:

  News

  The new government will bring in a points-based immigration system for skilled workers, one weeks' leave for unpaid carers and flexible working by default, the Queen has announced during the State Opening of Parliament.

• General election: What should HR know about immigration proposals?

  Date:

  5 December 2019

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  With just one week until the general election, Kerry Garcia and Jackie Penlington of Stevens & Bolton LLP examine what the Conservatives, Labour and the Liberal Democrats are proposing for immigration.

• How to employ foreign students

  Type:

  How to

  Enhanced to include information about the expected implications of Brexit on the employment of foreign students from EEA countries.

• Podcast: The right to work in the UK

  Date:

  17 September 2019

  Type:

  Podcasts and webinars

  We discuss employers' obligations when it comes to ensuring all employees have the right to work in the UK.