Sentences with phrase «employing illegal workers»

The penalty for employing illegal workers in the UK increased to # 20,000 per employee in April.

Cooper insisted that Labour's plans on immigration, which include trebling the maximum fine for employing illegal workers to # 30,000, were a contrast to the government's «gimmicks» such as text messages and «offensive» advertising vans.

The UK Border Agency is satisfied she did not knowingly employ an illegal worker,» Mr Brown said.

They attach a power of arrest to the offence of knowingly employing an illegal worker, and introduce a power to search for connected personnel records.

The attorney general, Baroness Scotland, has been fined # 5,000 for employing an illegal worker as her housekeeper.

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Companies that employ illegal migrants will be fined GBP2, 000 for each worker.

One new initiative involves encouraging members of the public to inform on illegal workers or on the firms employing them.

They are::: The revelation in November 2007 that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was aware the Security Industry Authority had granted licences to 5,000 illegal workers but did not think the Home Office's official explanation was «good enough» for the press office or ministers to use;:: The fact that an illegal immigrant had been employed as a cleaner in the House of Commons, which emerged in February this year;:: A whips» list of potential Labour rebels who might vote against the Government over plans to increase the pre-charge terror detention limit to 42 days in a crucial Commons vote;:: A letter from Ms Smith to Prime Minister Gordon Brown warning that the recession could lead to a rise in violent crime and burglaries.

If an employer employs someone who is not entitled to work in the UK, that employer can face a fine of up to # 20,000 per «illegal» worker.