3 rules to remember to retain your EU workforce

Keep evidence and apply soon

“You and your worker must keep evidence of employment such as payslips, bank statements and contracts, as this is critical for your worker’s residence application. It’s evidence that they’ve remained a qualified person for five continuous years.  If they are classed as self-employed then they need to keep evidence such as tax and National Insurance documents, and proof of earnings.  

“Unlike self-sufficient individuals and students, EU workers, registered work-seekers and the self-employed do not need to hold Comprehensive Sickness Insurance (CSI) but it’s worth employers informing workers that should they ever be in-between jobs or out of work, even for a short time, then they must register with the Job Centre otherwise they are automatically classed as self-sufficient and will need CSI to qualify for residence.  

“Encourage workers to get their permanent residence applications in as soon as possible as these are taking longer than normal due to rising demand since the Brexit vote, with average time taking six months. Applications cost £65 per person. British naturalisation applications are £1,236 and take on average four months to process.”