Reform to unveil controversial plan to fine firms and jail bosses who employ illegal workers – UK politics live
Bosses of companies employing illegal migrants will be sent to prison, and their companies fined 10% of their global revenues. There are companies whose entire business model is based on profiting from illegal working. Under current legislation, businesses employing someone who does not have the right to work without carrying out the correct checks face fines of up to £60,000 for each illegal worker.Reform’s announcement comes after a government crackdown on illegal working in the delivery sector.
- ▪Bosses of companies employing illegal migrants will be sent to prison, and their companies fined 10% of their global revenues.
- ▪There are companies whose entire business model is based on profiting from illegal working.
- ▪Under current legislation, businesses employing someone who does not have the right to work without carrying out the correct checks face fines of up to £60,000 for each illegal worker.Reform’s announcement comes after a government crackdown
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- ▪ Reform UK pledges to jail bosses employing illegal workers — BBC News — UK
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04.35 EDTReform plan to fine firms and jail bosses who employ illegal workersHello and welcome to the UK politics live blog.Reform UK says it will fine firms 10% of their global revenues and imprison bosses who employ illegal migrant workers under the party’s latest plans to bring down immigration.Employers would be held responsible even if they were unaware of the worker’s immigration status, Reform’s home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf will announce in a speech later today, with the policy being dubbed the ‘Deliveroo law’.In a statement to the Daily Express, Yusuf said: double quotation markUnder a Reform government, Britain will have the harshest penalties in the world for employing illegal migrants.
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