3 rules to remember to retain your EU workforce

Ever since we voted to leave the EU, Paris, Frankfurt and Dublin have been waiting in the wings to take the jobs that are, supposedly, about to leave London, if numerous reports are to believed. 

Similarly, Japanese banks told the UK Government at the end of last year that they will be moving operations to the EU by this summer if clarity regarding the UK’s access to the single market is not forthcoming. 

But what about those from the EU that want to stay? It will take some time, possibly at least two years, before any new laws are imposed once Article 50 is triggered and there are steps HR professionals can take now to help EU workers cement their Permanent Residence. Just don’t get complacent. 

Jonathan Beech, Managing Director of Migrate UK, a specialist immigration law firm, tells us: “It may seem some time before restrictions are imposed on EU nationals living and working in the UK but with many EU workers and their employers thinking the same thing and applications for Permanent Residence and British nationality needing to follow strict criteria, it’s best not to leave it too late.”