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Worker Registration Scheme extended to 2011

Worker Registration Scheme extended to 2011

The restrictions on workers who come to the UK from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia will continue to apply until 30 April 2011, as a result of an extension to the Worker Registration Scheme (WRS)under the Accession (Immigration and Worker Registration) (Amendment) Regulations 2009.
EU Member States are allowed, under the 2003 Treaty of Accession, to impose transitional restrictions on the free movement of labour from eight of the new member states (i.e. the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Slovak Republic and Slovenia – referred to in the UK as the A8) for a maximum of seven years from 1 May 2004. These measures could, however, only be maintained for  the final two years of this period, i.e. beyond 1 May 2009, if there was a threat to the labour market.

The Government commissioned a report by the Migration Advisory Committee on the situation. This confirmed that the recent significant increase in unemployment and fall in vacancies in the UK amounted to a serious disturbance in the UK labour market and that the WRS should be maintained for a further two years.

The WRS requires relevant workers to register, and they only receive full rights of free movement after 12 months. Employers who employ such workers for more than 30 days without keeping a copy of their registration certificate commit a criminal offence and may be fined up to £5,000.

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