Croner Training

Employment & HR

Employing overseas nationals

Date	19 October 2010
Duration	1 Day
Price	GBP 649 + VAT Membership Price: 324.5 + VAT
Location	London
Venue	Rubens Hotel
Registration	9.00-9.30
Close of Seminar	5.00
Our code	35625
Also held on	17 March 2011, London

• Are you involved in employing overseas nationals?
• Who should attend?
• Key benefits
• Programme
• Seminar speakers
• Quotes from past delegates
• Are you a Croner publications subscriber?
• In-house training
• A total compliance solution

Are you involved in employing overseas nationals?

If so, then you need to understand:

• The current immigration legal framework and recent changes
• The Points Based System
• When it is necessary to sponsor a migrant worker
• What is involved in making a sponsorship application
• How to effectively manage your licence and comply with your sponsorship duties
• How to handle UKBA audits
• How to carry out the correct illegal working checks
• What penalties can be imposed by the UK Border Agency under illegal working legislation and for failing to comply with your licence obligations
• How to respond to those penalties
• Employment law considerations when employing overseas nationals including race, discrimination and best practice when

dismissing illegal workers.

If your company employs overseas nationals then you will be well aware of these complexities. This one-day seminar and workshop will offer practical and legal advice on the employment and immigration, aspects of employing and dismissing overseas nationals in the UK. With the increasing globalisation of the recruitment market, if you haven’t encountered difficulties in this area then you can expect to do so and should prepare for them now. Those who have already encountered some of the problems will appreciate the critical importance of the issues analysed in this event.

Who should attend?

• Human resources professionals
• Personnel officers, managers and directors
• Company secretaries with personnel responsibilities
• In-house legal advisors
• Employment lawyers in private practice
• Recruitment managers

Key benefits

This day will help you:

1. Understand the current immigration legal framework
2. Find out the latest changes in UK immigration policy
3. Learn about the Points Based System and what is involved in making applications
4. Comply with your sponsorship duties and manage your licence
5. Avoid civil penalties and criminal prosecution for illegal working
6. Identify and manage the overlap between immigration and employment law

Programme

1 UK immigration

The current legal framework including:

• the ‘old’ system still in place including Work Permits and HSMP
• Points Based System
• European free movement and A8 and A2 workers
• Dependants
• Ancestry
• ILR

Employer obligations to prevent illegal working and avoid liability including:

• Changes in the law including civil penalties
• Document Checks
• Criminal Prosecution
• Deciphering visa endorsements

Miscellaneous issues and practical guidance

2 Tier 2 – skilled workers with a job offer

• Tier 2 the new licensing system
• How to register for a licence
• Issuing Certificates of Sponsorship and using the Codes of Practice
• Further leave to remain/visa applications

Common problems that arise with issuing Certificates of Sponsorship and Tier2/visa applications and practical examples on how to overcome them

• Record keeping duties
• Managing overseas employees and reporting duties
• UK Border Agency audits
• Range of penalties available to the UK Border Agency and how to respond

Common problem areas with sponsorship and how to overcome them

3 Case study

4 Tier 1 – points based system for highly skilled individuals

• The current legal framework
• How points are scored
• Documentation required
• Visa applications
• Further leave to remain applications

5 Tier 4 –students

• The legal framework
• Licence application
• How to sponsor a student
• Employing students

6 Tier 5 – temporary workers and youth mobility

• The current legal framework
• Temporary workers
• Youth Mobility Scheme

7 Employment Law Considerations when employing overseas migrants

• Contractual safeguards
• TUPE
• Race discrimination – avoiding claims on recruitment
• Osborne Clarke Services v Mr A Purohit UKEAT/0305/08
• When is it acceptable to refuse to employ an overseas national
• Best practice in dismissing illegal workers

Seminar speakers

Annabel Mace is a member of the Business Immigration team at Hammonds LLP and qualified as a solicitor in 1999. She specialises in all aspects of business immigration both at individual and corporate multi-national level in a variety of sectors including media, marketing & communications, finance, retail and architecture. Annabel is also an employment lawyer enabling her to advise on the often problematic overlap between employment and immigration issues, particularly in relation to illegal working, dismissals and the drafting of immigration related provisions in contracts and employee handbooks. Annabel speaks regularly at training seminars on Immigration and Employment law related issues and is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association. Annabel also has significant experience in advising clients on the immigration aspects of relocating staff to a number of non-UK jurisdictions.

Rose Carey is a Solicitor in the Immigration Team at Hammonds LLP and has extensive experience in all aspects of immigration. She qualified as a solicitor in 2003 and has been practising immigration law for over 6 years. Rose acts for a wide range of blue chip and multi-national clients as well as high net worth individuals dealing with corporate and personal immigration matters. Rose has extensive experience in dealing with appeals before the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. Rose often deals with complex immigration matters for clients and has assisted clients with audits of migrant worker files and HR systems in preparation for the sponsorship system. Rose also regularly advises clients in relation to their illegal working checks for migrant employees.

Quotes from past delegates

“Seminar exceeded my expectations. Very well organised. Speakers very knowledgeable and delivered pertinent information” Melanie Vongswang, Solution 6

Are you a Croner publications subscriber?

If so then you are entitled to an additional 5% discount on your booking. Simply enter your Croner BP number on our online booking form to qualify (offer applies to online bookings only).

If you are interested in subscribing to any Croner title and receiving this and other benefits then call 020 8547 3333 for more information.

In-house training

This seminar can be presented exclusively for your organisation on an in-house basis. You can:

• Have the programme designed for your specific needs
• Choose your preferred date and location
• Save on staff travel, time and accommodation costs
• Maximise the impact of the training by putting an entire team through the same programme

For more information about this service - and a no-obligation quotation - please call Daniel Townsend on 0207 960 5673 or e-mail daniel.townend@cronertraining.co.uk

A total compliance solution

Whether you’re an HR professional in a multi-national, managing personnel issues in a medium-sized organisation or running a small business we have the HR information you need to get the most out of your staff and comply with the law. From consultancy, and comprehensive online information services to books we have you covered. Simply visit www.croner.co.uk for more information.

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