We recently heard of a care provider out of county who got into difficulties using 3rd party Agency workers who were sponsored to work in the UK for their host agency only. Sponsored workers are expected to work directly for their sponsor and there are some clear rules around when and how they can interact with other employers. Does your onboarding process include a check of whether a potential employee can work for you under their current visa? Would you know what to look for on the new share code system?
Herts Good Care and HCPA are putting together a forum for sponsors of international workers where we can discuss complexities just like this. We’ll also be polling sponsors in the coming months on topics they would like to know more about and putting on tailored webinars to address these. If you are a sponsor in the UK, then you can navigate to our forum homepage via the link below to register your interest and see the topics we’ve already addressed within the forum.