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Extension of Eastern European Worker Registration Scheme
The government has announced that the Worker Registration Scheme, which had been expected to end on 30 April 2009, will continue for another two years .
This means employees from the A8 states (Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary) must continue to be registered with the Home Office until they have completed 12 months of registered work. Employers failing to ensure that their employees comply can be fined up to £5,000.
The scheme was supposed to end at the end of April. However, EU Member States that can show a "serious disturbance to the labour market" are allowed to extend the legal arrangement. The scheme is now expected to end on 30 April 2011.
This means employees from the A8 states (Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Poland, and Hungary) must continue to be registered with the Home Office until they have completed 12 months of registered work. Employers failing to ensure that their employees comply can be fined up to £5,000.
The scheme was supposed to end at the end of April. However, EU Member States that can show a "serious disturbance to the labour market" are allowed to extend the legal arrangement. The scheme is now expected to end on 30 April 2011.
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Posted on 05 May 2009 by helen
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