The government has issued updated guidance for employers on the UK’s points-based system, which will apply to new applicants from the EU, the EEA and Switzerland (excluding Ireland), as well as those from outside the EU, from January 2021. Unfortunately, the updated guidance does not tell us much more than we already knew from the July 2020 policy statement – employers … Continue Reading
The Home Office recently published details of its EU Settlement Scheme with information on how EU citizens in the UK can apply for settled or pre-settled status when the scheme is phased in towards the end of 2018. Our Brexit FAQs provide practical guidance on the key points of the scheme and can be forwarded … Continue Reading
This week we’ve partnered with EEF on a new report ‘Navigating Brexit: the Migration Minefield’. The report highlights the need for clarity, simplicity and urgency in the Government’s messaging to stem the flow of EU citizens from the UK, taking their much needed skills with them. A copy of the full report can be accessed … Continue Reading
The government yesterday published its Rights of EU Citizens in the UK Policy Paper Factsheet for workers and employers together with detailed proposals setting out its offer to EU nationals currently resident in the UK and those proposing to enter for the purpose of residency, pre-Brexit. Although there is a fair amount of detail to … Continue Reading
We recently presented to the Association of Corporate Counsel (‘ACC’), Washington DC about: the timing and procedure of the withdrawal, and the negotiation of the future relationship between the UK and the EU; the consequences for UK and US companies arising from the end of the application of EU Freedoms, Mutual Recognition, Passports and other … Continue Reading
A recording of our recent webinar “Brexit – What Now for HR and Legal” is now available online. Presentation materials (PDF) from the webinar may also be of interest to you. If you have any questions on any of the topics we talked about, please contact one of our presenters.… Continue Reading
Many of our clients have already been approached by valued but anxious EEA national employees in the UK seeking reassurance and clarity about what the Brexit vote means for them and, in this time of uncertainty, our Business Immigration team share their thoughts about issues that may potentially be facing your EEA national employees in the face … Continue Reading
What does the vote leave mean for your employees and your management? What has changed for HR ? Although no one knows all the details of what happens next, including all the people who said that they did, there is still plenty of reassurance available for many months, potentially years, into the future. Our UK Labor & Employment team set out our first … Continue Reading
So after all the shouting, the half-truths and the speculation, there is a vote to leave. What does this mean for your business? What will your Board need to know today? Although no one knows today all the details of what will happen next, in our ‘Brexit – What Next?‘ piece we have looked at some … Continue Reading
At some point soon, ideally before the referendum on 23rd June, someone is going to have to work out what a Brexit would mean for the world of employment law. At present, as Winston Churchill would probably not have put it, there has never been a referendum where so little has been known by so … Continue Reading
What would the impact be on UK sports, and in particular football, if the UK were to exit the EU? To see an article posted earlier on our Employment Law Worldview.… Continue Reading
At some point soon, ideally before the referendum on 23rd June, someone is going to have to work out what a Brexit would mean for the world of employment law. To see an article posted earlier on our Employment Law Worldview.… Continue Reading
