Brexit and HR issues

Need to know

Employers’ legal guide to post-Brexit immigration

Website
23 Dec 2020

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.

Brexit planning: how to hire overseas talent

Article
27 Oct 2020

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

Brexit checklist

Helpsheets and support
19 Oct 2020

Read our quick-start guide, outlining a variety of areas that could impact your business post Brexit.

Latest news and insights

ICAEW technical round-up: February 2021

Article
23 Feb 2021

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.

Brexit: changes for short-term travel and longer-term stays

Article
08 Jan 2021

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.

Brexit: Clarity on social security contributions of mobile workers

Article
06 Jan 2021

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.

End of transition: scrutinise your staff, costs and contracts

Article
04 Dec 2020

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.

Tax news in brief

Article
24 Nov 2020

24 November: Highlights from the broader tax news this week includes: HMRC begins checks on 'Eat Out' scheme payments, no clarity on Budget date, government guidance for staff dealing with social security applications post-Brexit and gender pay gap reporting when employees have been furloughed.

EMI to continue after Brexit transition

Article
03 Nov 2020

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

ICAEW technical round-up: October 2020

Article
29 Oct 2020

30 October 2020: The top technical stories featured on ICAEW Insights this month include updates to the self-employed and Job Support schemes, as well as a raft of Brexit planning guidance and audit updates and guidance.

Brexit planning: how to hire overseas talent

Article
27 Oct 2020

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

Guides and FAQs

Brexit-proofing your workforce

Article
29 Sep 2020

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

EU law and business: Brexit implications

Helpsheets and support
29 Nov 2018
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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.

Webinars

Brexit: what we know: Labour and personnel webinar

Webinar
05 Nov 2020

This webinar with CIPD and Edwin Coe discusses the personnel and immigration issues that businesses and employees might face through the end of the transition period. Hear from two experts on these issues, and use the opportunity to ask questions on this important subject.

External resources

Regulated professions database

Website
09 Mar 2021

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.

Acas: Brexit and employment law

Website
25 Jan 2021

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

Keep your business moving: Video explainers on new rules for doing business with EU

Website
19 Jan 2021

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.

Providing services and travelling for business to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein: country guides

Website
28 Dec 2020

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.

National Insurance for workers from the UK working in the EEA or Switzerland from 1 January 2021

Website
26 Dec 2020

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.

Social security contributions for workers coming to the UK from the EEA or Switzerland from 1 January 2021

Website
26 Dec 2020

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.