Employing and Vetting Non-UK
Nationals 2010

Summary

Symposium Events’ 10th annual Employing and Vetting Non-UK Nationals conference has been specifically designed as a comprehensive guide to all your immigration concerns. We will present you with case studies and workshops with industry experts, as well as up to date legal advice and an Interactive Q&A Session to answer all your Points Based System queries. Added to this, hear insights into the Conservative Party’s future plans from Shadow Minister for Immigration Damian Green. This is a must attend event for all professionals involved in recruiting, vetting and managing foreign nationals.

The introduction of the Points Based System saw the most significant shake up to immigration law for almost 50 years and leading organisations are now really getting to grips with their responsibilities, just in time for a potential surge in recruitment as the economy picks up. Now is the time to assess your immigration, recruitment and vetting procedures and prepare for a successful 2010.

Attending Employing and Vetting Non-UK Nationals will provide you with the tools to:

• Understand your liabilities and possible penalties
• Discuss the proposals from the Shadow Government and find out how a change in government will affect your business practice
• Examine how to avoid discrimination in your recruitment process
• Explore solutions to challenging case studies
• Recognize fraudulent documents
• Learn how to handle a visit from the Border Agency
• Review and clarify the Points Based System and how to apply for sponsorship

Who Should Attend

• HR Directors and Managers
• Heads of Recruitment and Resourcing
• Heads of Global Mobility
• Lawyers and In-house Legal Advisers
• Heads of Immigration
• Vetting Managers
• HR Strategy Advisers

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Tom Hadley, Director of External Relations, Recruitment and Employment Confederation

• Recent trends in migration due to the changing economic climate
• Migrant workers and their effect on our economy
• The future of immigration

Damian Green, Shadow Minister for Immigration, Conservative Party

• Patterns of migrant workers in the UK
• The business case for recruiting migrant workers
• The effect of the recession on the jobs market

Gerwyn Davies, Public Policy Adviser, CIPD

Daniel Suess, International Account Manager, Keesing Reference Systems

• Outline of key employment law issues
• Reconciling the requirements of Immigration and Race Relations laws and avoiding discrimination
• Managing dismissals and illegal working: balancing the risks
• Practical tips to consider

Michael Bradshaw, Partner, Charles Russell LLP

• Our journey with the Points Based System and overcoming problems
• Legal compliance
• Sourcing talent and screening
• Employees on secondment
• Managing foreign workers and understanding their diverse needs
• Complications - even when employing from within the EU

Kim Miller, HR Director - International, Brown Forman Beverages

• Training managers in recruitment procedures
• Embedding a vigilant culture to prevent internal identity fraud
• Acquiring and analysing criminal record and background checks
• The consequences of inedequate vetting - financial and reputational

Kenneth Hanslip, Head of Professional Standards, NSL Services

STREAM 1

This workshop will provide you with the chance to talk through the practical problems and issues faced when navigating immigration rules in the workplace.

• Being faced with an immigration visit and £50,000 penalty
• Overcoming the challenges with recruitment for licensed sponsors
• Candidates ’switching’ immigration status and the problems this gives rise to

Jennifer Harvey, Partner, Darbys Solicitors LLP

This workshop will provide you with the tools to ensure your organization is protected by fraud and illegal workers.

• Recognising valid documents
• Being aware of spurious documents
• Checking candidates immigration status
• Protecting your organisation and avoiding fines

Ian Westwood, Director, The Westwood Organisation

STREAM 2

This workshop will provide you with the tools to ensure your organization is protected by fraud and illegal workers.

• Recognising valid documents
• Being aware of spurious documents
• Checking candidates immigration status
• Protecting your organisation and avoiding fines

Ian Westwood, Director, The Westwood Organisation

This workshop will provide you with the chance to talk through the practical problems and issues faced when navigating immigration rules in the workplace.

• Being faced with an immigration visit and £50,000 penalty
• Overcoming the challenges with recruitment for licensed sponsors
• Candidates ’switching’ immigration status and the problems this gives rise to

Jennifer Harvey, Partner, Darbys Solicitors LLP

• Analysing the trends of migrant workers in the UK
• Probable changes in migration due to changing political and economic circumstances
• Finding the best talent from inside or outside the UK
• A general guide to employing Non-UK workers
• Alternatives to fill your skills gap

Guy Bailey, Senior Policy Adviser - Pensions and Employment, CBI

• The need for and benefits of migrant workers
• Sourcing talent in the UK, the EU and beyond
• How the Points Based System is making it difficult to bring in the right talent to the UK
• The difficulties of moving employees around the organisation due to the Points Based System
• How Thomson Reuters is addressing these issues

Jane Harris, Head of Global Mobility, EMEA, Thomson Reuters

Tom Hadley’s role focuses on lobbying key Government and EU officials on a range of employment and labour market issues. The work also involves highlighting REC initiatives to promote industry standards, including enforcement of a Code of Good Recruitment Practice, audit schemes and the recently launched Diversity Pledge. Previously, roles have included working at the CBI, a traineeship within the European Commission and work within the in-house legal department of the French multi-national Vivendi.

Damian Green MP is the Shadow Minister for Immigration, a portfolio he has held since December 2005. He has responsibility for Conservative Party policy on borders and immigration, encompassing the National Identity Scheme and the e-borders programme. These contentious areas are a basis for his interest in the Government’s use of technology to create a ‘database state’.
Damian was educated at Balliol College, Oxford, and was President of the Oxford Union in 1977. He is a former financial journalist and worked in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit from 1992-94.

Gerwyn Davies joined the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development in January 2000. He previously worked as a researcher for the Wales European Centre, Brussels and as a consultant for Central Lobby Consultants, Westminster. In addition to the responsibility for coordinating the Institute’s public policy activities, Gerwyn is jointly responsible for producing the CIPD/KPMG’s influential quarterly Labour Market Outlook. Gerwyn has also jointly managed the CIPD/People Management’s HR goes green campaign.

Kim Miller is currently International HR Director for Brown-Forman Beverages (Europe) Ltd, Kim manages the global mobility of local employees and expatriates and specialises in global HR/expatriation and European employment law. Degree qualified and FCIPD, Kim has gained 25 years experience in global human resources, having worked extensively across Europe, Middle East, Far East and USA.

Guy Bailey has worked as a Senior Policy Adviser in the CBI’s Employment Policy Directorate for two and a half years, leading the organisation’s work on labour market flexibility, migration and vulnerable working. Prior to joining the CBI, he worked on a graduate management scheme in industry.

Michael Bradshaw specialises in all aspects of employment law with national and international businesses. He has considerable experience in contentious matters and has acted in leading reported cases on TUPE and agency workers. Michael is head of Charles Russell’s business and executive immigration team and regularly advises on the related employment aspects of international assignments.

Kenneth Hanslip is the Head of Professional Standards for NSL Services Ltd. Ken has extensive fraud investigation experience having worked both in the London Metropolitan Police and the Benefit Fraud Investigation Service. Ken is also a member of the Home Office’s Illegal Working Stakeholder Group.

Jennifer Harvey is a partner at Darbys Solicitors in Oxford. Described a ‘hugely experienced’ by Chambers & Partners Directory, she has specialised in all aspects of personal and business immigration advice for over fifteen years. She has a wealth of experience in advising employers on the developments in immigration law including the complexities of the points based system and the obligations placed on employers by the Immigration Asylum and Nationality Act of 2006.

Ian Westwood is and Immigration Consultant with 18 years of experience in the Immigration field. He has worked for the UK Immigration Service, the forerunner to UKBA, and has several years of private practice experience. Ian is a frequent conference speaker on the subject of identity fraud, document verification and Immigration compliance. In 2003 Ian set up The Westwood Organisation, a niche Immigration consultancy which specialises in helping employers comply with ever more complex Immigration regulations through training, information provision and consultancy services. The company assists individuals with immigration applications and represents at the AIT. They are registered, at the highest level, to give advice by the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner.

Jane Harris is currently Head of Global Mobility EMEA with Thomson Reuters. Prior to this role, Jane was Director, Employee Taxation and Expatriate Services at InterContinental Hotels Group where she worked for just over five years. I was responsible for ensuring the Points Based System was implemented quickly and efficiently at IHG. Since joining Thomson Reuters I have taken over the role of Authorising Officer to cover the merged businesses.

Keesing Reference Systems
Keesing Reference Systems is a specialist provider of verification tools and solutions that allow international organisations to authenticate ID documents and banknotes. As a provider of quality information and document control solutions, it has, over the years, accumulated unparalleled expertise and experience. More than 6,000 companies from over 120 countries successfully leverage Keesing´s expertise. Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity offers a clear and concise overview of the latest developments in the security document industry. Already 8,000 professionals benefit from this specialist journal with its unique mix of up-to-date news and in-depth features journal. Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity is a bi-monthly magazine with 3 regular issues and 3 specials per year.

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