18 Dec, 2024 2024 in the rear mirror – pretty picture or pretty awful? By Libby Hubbard For our annual employment and pensions round-up of the year, we have asked some of our team members to bring their gifts of insight,...
03 Dec, 2024 Government’s plan to ban rogue employers who flout visa rules By Hazel Findlay Libby Hubbard The Government has announced a new set of measures to crack down on rogue employers who shamelessly ‘repeatedly flout visa rules or...
29 Aug, 2024 Making migrant workers repay immigration costs - Is it fair? Is it lawful? By Hazel Findlay Hannah Bollard It is well known that the social care sector is reliant on migrant workers - without them, the sector may collapse. Despite this, the...
10 Jun, 2024 Home office decision to revoke social care provider's sponsorship licence without allowing time for representation unlawful By Katherine Sinclair Immigration may be the political hot potato of the campaign trail but for many social care providers, the employment of overseas workers...
05 Feb, 2024 Key dates for immigration changes 2024 – particularly for the health and social care sector By Hazel Findlay Following the Home Secretary’s announcement on 4 December last year about curbing net migration (see Katherine Sinclair’s blog here), we...
21 Dec, 2023 Looking back on 2023... with some Hollywood glamour By Libby Hubbard If 2023 started relatively slowly for HR professionals, then it has certainly picked up pace in the latter months. The new legislation...
05 Dec, 2023 New measures announced to slash net immigration - How it affects the health and social care sector By Katherine Sinclair New Home Secretary James Cleverly has just announced a five-point plan in a bid to reduce abuse in the immigration system and cut the...
11 Mar, 2022 Desperate to help the people of Ukraine?... We think the social care sector can By Matthew Wort It’s hard to look at the news at the moment without seeing devastating headlines about the war in Ukraine. Innocent people are dying,...