Brexit :How Will It Affect EU Workers?

Mandy53

I currently employ a carer via self direct support and she is Hungarian. She pays tax and has lived in the UK for 8 years. I am also thinking about employing another carer which will also be via self direct support as my current carer can,t work anymore hours and i need more care. The other employee i,m considering employing is French and has only been living in the UK for less than 1 year. Will the French carer be able to stay in the UK and continue to work as my carer if i employ her? or would she have to leave the UK? I would like to employ her and feel she would be a good employee but am not sure what would happen after Brexit ? I don,t want to be left to have to try and find a new carer if she had to leave the UK after Brexit. Would my current carer, the Hungarian lady, also have to leave the UK after Brexit? It,s been very hard to find carers in my area and the only suitable applicants i had were from the EU but reside in the UK.. Other non EU carers in my area are charging between £15 -£21 an hour which is out of my budget range .All advice appreciated, thank you.

IAmWales

No one can answer your question, nothing has been decided yet. Indications to date are that those currently resident will be allowed to stay, but how that will work in practice (or whether it will actually happen) we do not know. There's also the question of whether EU workers will want to stay.

Nothing will happen until 2019, and quite possibly several years after that. I would do what is right for you now, a home (UK) worker may not last longer than that anyway.

ssparks2003

My advice is to wait and find out what will actually happen rather than trying to guess.

xapprenticex

I highly doubt Europeans will be told to leave if they are already resident.

Mandy53

IAmWales wrote: »

No one can answer your question, nothing has been decided yet. Indications to date are that those currently resident will be allowed to stay, but how that will work in practice (or whether it will actually happen) we do not know. There's also the question of whether EU workers will want to stay.

Nothing will happen until 2019, and quite possibly several years after that. I would do what is right for you now, a home (UK) worker may not last longer than that anyway.

Thank you for your advice :i know i,m thinking far too ahead as wasn,t sure how soon (or not) things would start to happen with Brexit. I will,as you say, do what,s best for me just now and employ the French lady. Of course, as you say, EU workers may not want to stay in the UK which i feel would be a real shame: as i,ve experienced , it is EU workers who really want the jobs in the care "sector" and are happy to be paid a decent hourly rate which is well above the national living wage.

Mandy53

ssparks2003 wrote: »

My advice is to wait and find out what will actually happen rather than trying to guess.

Thank you for your advice.

Mandy53

xapprenticex wrote: »

I highly doubt Europeans will be told to leave if they are already resident.

Thanks. I do hope they won,t be.

Masomnia

It took over a decade to deport one openly terrorist-sympathizing Jordanian with a hook for a hand; the idea that millions of hard working, law abiding, tax-paying Europeans are going to be deported in a couple of years is completely ridiculous. Not going to happen.

xapprenticex

Captain hook was a fictional character m8.

robatwork

This was sent out from the Home Office today:


[FONT=&quot]Today, the Government has set out further details of how the new settled status scheme for EU citizens and their family members will operate as the UK leaves the EU. In a technical document sent to the European Commission as part of the negotiations, the Government reiterates how the new system will be streamlined, low-cost and user-friendly, with EU citizens consulted on its design.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]EU citizens applying to stay in the UK after Brexit will have plenty of time, up to two years after the UK has left the EU, to obtain settled status. Those applying to stay in the UK after we leave the EU will not have their applications refused on minor technicalities and caseworkers considering applications will exercise discretion where appropriate. The new system will minimise the documentary evidence required and EU citizens will not be required to provide fingerprints as part of the application process.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Decisions will be based solely on the criteria set out in the Withdrawal Agreement, with no discretion for other reasons for refusal. EU citizens will also be given a statutory right of appeal, in line with their current rights through the Free Movement Directive, if their application is unsuccessful.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]The Prime Minister has been clear that safeguarding the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals in Europe is the first priority for negotiations and she said last month that an agreement is within touching distance. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Negotiation between the UK and EU is continuing and the next talks will take place this week on 9 and 10 November. We will continue to keep you updated on further progress.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Yours sincerely,[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Home Office[/FONT]

Masomnia

xapprenticex wrote: »

Captain hook was a fictional character m8.

I'm getting my pantomime villains mixed up. It was Qatada that took over a decade to get deported... but sadly he does not have a hook for a hand; that was Abu Hamza.