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info@commonwealthcontractors.comOn the 6th April 2010 the UK Border Agency will make significant changes to Tier 1 General (Highly Skilled) of the Points Based Immigration System (PBS). The changes will have a significant impact on highly skilled workers who are either planning to come to the UK for the first time on Tier 1 General or […]
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The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry survey found that: 68% of respondents believe that migrant workers work harder than UK Nationals 72% think that migrant workers are prepared to do jobs that British workers are not prepared or are unwilling to do 57% think that migrant workers are important to their own company 56% […]
Speaking further to the changes, Phil Woolas, the Borders and Immigration Minister said “We\’ve always said that we would run our immigration system for the benefit of the UK and that is what we are doing. The changes that we are making today will build on an already robust system which is now the envy […]
President Zuma, on his first official state visit to the UK, made the comments at a special 1,000 guest invitational at London’s Dorchester Hotel. He told guests that young South Africans were ‘picking up valuable skills while working in the UK’ however encouraged them to return at some time in the future. The flow of […]
Since the 16th November 2009 all doctors wishing to practice in the UK have required a License to Practise and a GMC Registration, in the past only a GMC Registration was required. The License to Practise is issued for a limited period of time, after which a doctor must go through the process of ‘Revalidation’ […]
Download the Latest Codes of Practise For the latest Codes of Practice please visit the UK Border Agency Website What are the Codes of Practice? Before a Tier 2 Licensed company can ‘sponsor’ a worker from outside the EEA it must ensure that the job it wishes to sponsor the migrant worker for is in […]
Circular Migration On the 3rd August 2009 the UK Border Agency published the consultation document titled ‘Earning the right to stay: a new points test for citizenship’. In it the government first proposed the idea of ‘Circular Migration’. Circular Migration means that ‘migrants are able to come, leave and come back again, without it adversely […]
The group says that the proposed National Insurance Increase is a ‘tax on jobs and that the increase will “discourage companies of all sizes from taking on new staff at a critical point in our economic recovery”. Rather than use a National Insurance increase to close the budget deficit the group is calling for the […]
The following details the groups ICT Petition and the Governments official response. ICT Petition We petition the Prime Minister to abolish the \’Intra Company Transfer\’ work permits scheme immediately This scheme allows companies to bypass UK immigration rules and import non-EU workers into the UK, displacing UK/EU staff. This scheme bypasses other schemes such as […]
The study revealed that more than 50% of Junior Doctors are working in excess of 56 hours per week even though the latest provisions of the European Working Time Directive allow a maximum 48 hour week. Doctors are being pressured to fill gaps in rotas and this is causing many to miss out on training […]