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The number of employers being prosecuted for hiring illegal workers has risen dramatically, according to figures obtained by the BBC.
Posted: 06 May 2008 | 12:33
Lawyers have played down fears that a test case for “reverse discrimination” will prevent hospitality operators from employing staff based on their nationality.
Posted: 29 April 2008 | 14:43
The Ethnic Catering Alliance is calling on operators to join them this Sunday (20 April) in a demonstration at London’s Trafalgar Square.
Posted: 18 April 2008 | 08:00
The chairman of the Labour Party's Ethnic Minority Taskforce is calling on immigration officials to stop raiding South Asian restaurants in their hunt for illegal immigrants.
Posted: 11 April 2008 | 17:10
Millennium & Copthorne (M&C) hotel group has joined up with Indian firm Rakindo Developers to develop hospitality projects in India.
Posted: 09 April 2008 | 17:41
British workers are set to be trained to fill staff shortages in ethnic restaurants following the introduction of a new points-system for migrant workers from outside the EU.
Posted: 02 April 2008 | 11:10
The Government is likely to target the hospitality sector under tough new immigration rules which come into force today, lawyers have warned.
Posted: 29 February 2008 | 10:11
Stricter application of immigration rules, added to further restrictions coming into force this week, are having a devastating effect on staffing levels in UK ethnic restaurants. Michael Millar reports
Posted: 28 February 2008 | 00:00
New penalties for hiring illegal workers are part of the Government's border controls package introduced this week, warns solicitor Nick Arron
Posted: 28 February 2008 | 00:00
The Government is to launch an advertising campaign next week warning hospitality employers of the stiff penalties they face for hiring illegal migrant workers.
Posted: 08 January 2008 | 13:09
Hospitality employers face being hit with a £10,000 fine for each illegal worker they unwittingly hire after the Government confirmed that new rules will come into force from February 2008.
Posted: 26 November 2007 | 12:45
You’d probably bet things couldn’t get any worse for the Government this week. Of course the House always wins and you’d be wrong.
Posted: 23 November 2007 | 14:45
A court has ordered the owners of a Chinese restaurant in Lincolnshire to hand over almost £500,000.
Posted: 20 November 2007 | 07:00
The Government has been urged to clarify its points-based system for controlled migration to the UK by non-EU citizens after it emerged that the proposed scheme is already causing shortages of skilled chefs.
Posted: 08 November 2007 | 10:00
Union leaders have called on Domino’s Pizza boss Stephen Hemsley to intervene over the sacking of 12 Hungarian workers at its Derby branch.
Posted: 26 July 2007 | 16:30
Hospitality operators face a worsening skills crisis as eastern European workers start returning home, a recruitment expert has warned.
Posted: 07 June 2007 | 08:30
Immigration continues to make headlines and with the UK hospitality industry as reliant on foreign workers to mitigate the ongoing skills crisis as it has ever been it’s an issue that remains pertinent. Below is a collection of news, opinions and advice to help you stay on the right side of immigration law.
Posted: 06 June 2007 | 17:53
Industry figures have cast doubt on new Home Office statistics which suggest that the hospitality sector is no longer the largest employer of Eastern European migrant workers in the UK.
Posted: 31 May 2007 | 11:25
A former hotel boss has been ordered to pay more than £16,000 in compensation to three Polish workers...
Posted: 18 May 2007 | 10:02
Debbie Radage, sales and marketing manager of City Catering, looks at why many British employers hire foreigners over home-grown staff
Posted: 03 May 2007 | 00:00
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