Brexit and HR issues

24 February 2021: This month’s top technical stories on ICAEW Insights include updates on self assessment penalties, IR35 changes and a major change to the government’s Kickstart Scheme.

8 January 2021: As an employer or an employee, it is worth understanding how certain provisions on mobility in the new EU-UK Trade Cooperation Agreement will affect business activities.

Updated 7 January 2021: Following the end of the transition period, workers moving between the UK and the EEA and Switzerland should only pay social security contributions to one country, usually this will be where the work takes place confirms HMRC.

7 December 2020: What should UK companies – and particularly SMEs – be concerned with in the countdown to the end of the Brexit transition period? Staffing, extra costs and contract terms are the three big questions, says Paul Samrah, Partner in Moore Kingston Smith.

3 November: HMRC has confirmed that Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI) schemes will continue to be available after 31 December 2020 under UK law.

28 October 2020: Dhruti Thakrar of Edwin Coe LLP explains how the new sponsor licensing system will work and the potential challenges for businesses.

13 October 2020: The Home Office has outlined new immigration rules that will change the way UK companies hire staff from the EU from 1 January 2021, including the introduction of a points-based system.

28 August: Since 2009, the UK has struggled with a slowdown in the progress of productivity. ICAEW Insights examines the causes of this ‘productivity puzzle’ and looks at how the government could tackle this in its COVID-19 rebuilding programme.

Make sure your business isn’t caught short with skills availability when Brexit arrives

Much Brexit guidance is concerned mainly with trade in goods, but there are a variety of other areas of EU law that also affect business. Our Know-how guides gives you a framework to understand these implications. It will be particularly relevant for services businesses seeking to assess how they are impacted.

Search by profession, country of qualification and country where you wish to practice. The database gives information on regulated professions such as competent authorities, reserved activities and restrictions.

Guidance from Acas on changes to employments rights after the UK's withdrawal from the EU, including advice on hiring workers from the EU.

Suite of on-demand short videos from UK government for businesses on importing, exporting, rules of origin, tariffs, providing services to EU markets, Northern Ireland, data handling, hiring staff, and selling goods. Sector-specific videos also cover chemicals regulations, IP, emissions, waste, and Horizon funding. Free registration required.

Country-by-country guides aimed at UK businesses providing services and travelling for business. They cover trade regulations, ownership of companies, business travel and entry requirements, recognition of professional qualifications, and GDPR.

Check which country's social security contributions you must pay from 1 January 2021 if you are from the UK and working in the EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland or Liechtenstein. Includes links to HMRC forms for different types of circumstances.

Check where you need to pay social security contributions from 1 January 2021, if you’re a worker from the EU, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland or Liechtenstein working in UK.

Practical guide from the CIPD on navigating the UK's new points-based immigration system. This step-by-step guide is aimed at HR and employers who are retaining or recruiting non-UK citizens.

Updated resources and guidance to help businesses take appropriate steps to plan for and support the workforce in the run up to 1 January 2021. The hub includes handy summaries for the six circumstances that may apply to your workforce with the actions you may need to take and an employers' legal guide to post-Brexit immigration.