People Management quotes Kelvin Tanner on the crackdown of illegal migrant workers
The minister for immigration, Robert Jenrick, revealed a crackdown on illegal migrant workers yesterday, which will see fines triple for employers.
The government release called the changes the “biggest shake up” of civil penalties in eight years.
Kelvin Tanner, Partner in the Immigration team, provides comment for People Management on how common it is for employers to get hoodwinked by false documents/employ someone illegally without knowing about it:
“There are certainly instances of employees showing forged right to work documents. This can vary across sectors, but employers should be aware of the risk and ensure that they have robust systems in place.
“The good news for employers is that the civil penalty scheme for illegal working affords an organisation a statutory defence against a civil penalty where they have conducted a compliant right to work check.
“Furthermore, the move towards online right to work checks should help prevent the issue of prospective employees presenting forged documents.”
Read the full article in People Management here.
