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    Home Office Makes Further Additions to the Shortage Occupation List

    9th October 2019 by

    On 6 Oct 2019, UK Visas and Immigration added the following occupations to the shortage occupation list for Tier 2 General Migrant applications:

    • All IT business analysts, architects and systems designer roles (SOC Code 2135)
    • All programme and software development roles (SOC Code 2136)
    • All web design and development professional roles (SOC Code 2137)
    • All IT and communication professionals not elsewhere classified (SOC Code 2139)

    The benefits of a job being on the shortage occupation list are:

    1. No requirement for an employer to conduct a resident labour market test
    2. A shortage worker is not required to meet the minimum earnings threshold when applying for indefinite leave to remain
    3. Reduced UK Visas and Immigration application fees for those jobs on the shortage occupation list
    4. Shortage occupation jobs are given priority status and should not be affected by the monthly cap on the allocation of certificates of sponsorship

    Skilled chefs (SOC 5434) are also included on the shortage occupation list (even if it’s a take away business).

    Other occupations added are civil engineering roles (SOC Code 2121) and architects (SOC Code 2431).

    For more information, please contact our immigration team on 020 7822 4000 or email enquiries@healys.old-website.shout-loud.co.uk

     

     

     

     

    9th October 2019 0 Comments Immigration blog, Insights
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    Victims of Professional Negligence Should Not Delay in Consulting a Solicitor

    4th October 2019 by

    If you believe you are a victim of professional negligence, you should seek legal advice right away or risk losing your chance of obtaining justice. An insurer found that out to its cost after a delay in launching proceedings resulted in it having to bear the full financial burden of remedying a tower block’s defective cladding. Continue reading →

    4th October 2019 0 Comments Insights, Professional negligence blog posts
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    Data Protection in the Event of a No Deal Brexit – Is Your Business Prepared?

    3rd October 2019 by

    On 31 October 2019 the UK is due to leave the EU, possibly without a deal, and businesses across the UK need to take steps to prepare for what will happen in the event of a No Deal Brexit.

    If your business is reliant on the transfer of personal data from the EU, there are a couple of key changes that will affect the way in which you operate and will need to be addressed before 31 October as part of your overall Brexit strategy. Continue reading →

    3rd October 2019 0 Comments Corporate services blog posts, Insights, Media law blog posts
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    Cancer misdiagnosis claims – the result of a vicious circle of circumstances?

    23rd September 2019 by

    The phrase ‘cancer misdiagnosis claims’ has become used to describe claims not just for the misdiagnosis of cancer. It is also the term often used when people make medical negligence claims because the wrong cancer treatment has been applied, or as a result of a diagnosis of cancer being made later than it should have been i.e. because chances to spot the symptoms of cancer were previously missed by a medical professional on at least one occasion.   Continue reading →

    23rd September 2019 0 Comments Insights, Personal injury blog posts
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    Disabled Teacher’s Suspension Not Discriminatory, Rules Employment Appeal Tribunal

    10th September 2019 by

    The question of whether the suspension of a teacher who could only write by hand for a few minutes constituted direct disability discrimination and harassment under the Equality Act 2010 was considered by the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) recently in Ahmed v The Cardinal Hume Academies. Continue reading →

    10th September 2019 0 Comments Employment law blog posts, Insights