Employment law: how to comply with immigration laws when recruiting staff

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With the laws on acquiring and reapplying for UK visas becoming stricter, businesses should be aware that it is a criminal offence to knowingly employ a person who requires, but lacks, immigration permission. This carries a maximum prison sentence of two years and an unlimited fine for employers who fail to comply with the law. […]

Harassment at work: do we need a crackdown on NDAs?

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Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) are increasingly being used to silence the victims of workplace bullying and sexual harassment, but will a government crackdown do more harm than good? Last month business minister Kelly Tolhurst announced that the government will tackle business misuse of NDAs after a number of cases where businesses were found to be using […]