Immigration Act 2016

On 12 May 2016, the Immigration Act 2016 (the Act) came into force in the UK .The Act builds upon legislation introduced in 2014 which strengthened punishments for employers who employ illegal workers.  This included doubling the maximum civil penalty from £10,000 to...

Illegal Workers: An Expensive Oversight

There is a lot of talk about “illegals” in the UK at the moment. You may not be aware that the maximum civil penalty for employing illegal workers as a result of careless recruitment and employment practices is £20,000 per illegal worker. So it is...