Preparing for Brexit: the impact on your workforce

From January 2021 there will be a new immigration regime. This will affect your workforce in a number of ways, including having an impact on:

• EU/EEA/Swiss nationals who wish to live and work in the UK
• Recognition of qualifications
• Travel for business (e.g. visa requirements and passport rules)

Existing employees of UK companies who are EU nationals will need to apply for settled status.

It is important to plan for cut-off dates and any differential status that might apply to new arrivals in the UK.

Do you employ UK nationals living in the EU/EEA/Switzerland? If so, check out this government guidance: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/living-in-europe

Do you have staff that travel to the EU for work? If so, check out the guidance for travel and visa requirements for the EU here: https://www.gov.uk/visit-europe-1-january-2021 

Here to help – a Brexit guide and webinar

To help SMEs, we are holding a webinar at 3pm on Wednesday 9 December which will provide guidance on what you need to do to prepare for Brexit. You can register for the webinar here.

We have also produced some helpful materials including a Guide for SMEs (with useful links to tools and further resources) and a 15-point Action Plan. Both of these can be found on our Preparing for Brexit web page here.

If you need any further advice, please do get in touch.