An immigration 'cliff edge' would be a real problem for
the many sectors which currently rely on large numbers of EU
migrant workers. Transitional arrangements are essential to
ensure 'business as usual' is possible for many of our
clients post-Brexit.
According to the latest statistics from Migration
Watch UK, more British citizens leave the country than arrive,
and EU net migration is currently 87,000 compared to 235,000 from
outside the EU. Around three million EU nationals live in the UK
and they make up around 6.6 per cent of the workforce.
Our
immigration and employment practice currently spends much of
its time focused on Brexit related issues. We help to
demystify some of the law and processes surrounding the employment
of EU and other European Economic Area (EEA) nationals. We've
run training sessions for clients, mainly to help their HR teams
with the issues, but also for their employees from EEA member
states.
