Find out how a no deal Brexit might impact your EU staff and what your business can do to prepare.
With an estimated 3.6 million EU citizens living in the UK, 1.3 million UK citizens living in EU Member States, and thousands of employers who have built their business on the ability to easily travel within the EU, the effect of no deal on people is profound.
What are the key challenges facing business in this area?
Is there anything employers need to do regarding existing EU staff?
As long as they meet some basic requirements, EU nationals already resident in the UK will be able to stay and have their rights protected in the event of no deal. EU citizens resident in the UK by 31 October 2019 can apply for the EU Settlement Scheme, for free, in the event of no deal – exactly as if there were a deal. Under current government plans, employers will not need to undertake retrospective right to work checks on existing EU employees. Existing right to work checks such a checking EU nationals passports/ID cards
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