財政上の Mail Extra: Spotting 違法な 労働者s

By Peta Fluendy
Updated: 11:55 BST, 26 October 2009

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司法長官, Baroness Scotland of Asthal, says it was an innocent mistake that she 雇うd an 違法な 労働者 as her housekeeper.

労働者s: Baroness Scotland has 設立する how hard it is to 位置／汚点／見つけ出す 違法な 移民，移住（する）s.

That excuse would not have worked for nearly 500 雇用者s in the South East alone, who were 罰金d up to £35,000 each for 雇うing 違法な 労働者s in June 2009 ? the 最新の 人物／姿／数字s from the UK 国境 機関.

Of these five 雇用者s were in Oxfordshire, where Asthal, the 司法長官, Baroness Scotland's seat is and about 30 were in London and Middlesex ? 近づく where she lives.

The 雇用者s, who were punished, were all small, and mostly restaurants and takeaways. No excuses were 受託するd for them and the 政府 is making millions of 続けざまに猛撃するs from the 罰金s.

Three small 商売／仕事s were 罰金d £35,000 in London, where the 司法長官 lives. A Chinese restaurant in Oxford, just 20 miles from Asthal, paid out £20,000. The 罰金s 普通は appear to go up in increments of £5000 per 労働者 depending on how many 違法な 労働者s were 設立する. 雇用者s can be 罰金d up to £10,000 per 労働者, however.

It seems small 商売／仕事s are 耐えるing the brunt of the “堅い civil 刑罰，罰則s” introduced by the 亡命 and 移民／移住 行為／法令／行動する 2006 which was 器具／実施するd in February last year.

As the 高度に trained lawyer Baroness Scotland, has 設立する out, spotting an 違法な 労働者 is no 平易な feat. Small 商売／仕事 bosses cannot 推定する／予想する 政府 support and sympathy for their slip ups.

So what can they do to 保護する themselves, besides a 衝突，墜落 course in 移民／移住 法律? They should ask to see パスポートs and work 許すs, 移民／移住 status 文書s or letters from the Home Office and 国境 and 移民／移住 機関. Then make sure they photocopy the 文書s after they have checked the dates and 有効性，効力. The photocopies should be enough to 供給する a 'statutory excuse' and 避ける a 罰金, even if an 違法な 労働者 is discovered.

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?Peta Fluendy is co-創立者 of the 雇用 法律 Clinic in Sutton, Surrey. Over the coming weeks Peta will be 令状ing a 正規の／正選手 column for 財政上の Mail extra, on the 雇用 問題／発行するs 直面するing small 商売／仕事s.

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