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Sponsor Licence Compliance

As an employer, you are under obligation to ensure that your employees have a lawful right to work in the UK by conducting checks before your employees commence working for you.

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Overview

Sponsorship licences have various types of duties imposed by the UK Home Office. Sponsorship is based on the two following principles:

  1. Sponsorship is a privilege, not a right. Those who benefit from employing migrant workers must ensure that the immigration laws are not being abused
  2. Overseas nationals who apply for permission to enter or stay in the UK to work are eligible and that a licenced employer genuinely wishes to sponsor them for work purposes.

Sponsorship duties

The Home Office have published a list of sponsorship duties for employers, which include the following:

  • Record-keeping, such as immigration status documents, including passport and period of your employees leave to remain to confirm their right to work etc
  • Monitoring and reporting
  • Absence monitoring
  • Notifying the Home Office of changes in circumstances

Right to Work checks

As an employer, you are under obligation to ensure that your employees have a lawful right to work in the UK. To do this, you must conduct checks before your employees commence working for you. You must ensure you have relevant ID documents, such as passports or biometric residence permits reflecting their permission to work in the UK. You must obtain documents either of the Home Office’s lists, List A or List B.

 

List A is aimed at individuals who are permitted to work in the UK indefinitely. List B is for those who are entitled to work for a limited period of time. It is important to keep a record of the documents which show employees’ right to work and can potentially prevent you from avoiding penalty charges.

Civil Penalties

If you fail to meet the Sponsorship Compliance, it may result in Civil Penalty.

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We can help you

Sponsors licence compliance duties can be extremely complicated for businesses without the right guidance and advice. Bridge Partners has dealt with several businesses to keep up with their compliance duties. This is often very specific to the business and will need a tailor-made bespoke approach.