Clients might like to be reminded that those who may wish to employ a migrant worker will in future have to be licensed in advance by the United Kingdom Border Agency under the new Points Based Immigration System. In conjunction with this, severe civil penalties are now in force for those employers who, even inadvertently, contravene the new “anti illegal working” regulations. Charges and fines of up to £10,000 per employee are being imposed regularly by enforcement staff. We can offer further advice to help keep you safe contact us for more information.