{"id":5802,"date":"2015-08-25T12:22:21","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=5802"},"modified":"2015-08-25T12:22:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-25T11:22:21","slug":"illegal-workers-may-face-six-months-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/illegal-workers-may-face-six-months-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Illegal workers \u2018may face six months\u2019 jail\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UK<\/a>People who work illegally in England and Wales will face up to six months in prison, under proposals to be included in the forthcoming Immigration Bill.
\nThe bill, to be introduced in the autumn, will also contain measures against takeaway restaurants and off-licences which employ illegal migrants.
\nPenalties will also include an unlimited fine and wages being seized.
\nImmigration Minister James Brokenshire said the government \u201cwould continue to crack down on abuse\u201d of the system.
\nThe government has made a series of immigration announcements over the summer of which this is the latest.
\nTakeaways and off-licences could lose their licences if they were found to be employing illegal workers.
\nOfficials are also considering whether this provision should be extended to cover minicab drivers and operators.
\nThe legal defence for other kinds of business discovered using illegal workers will also change.
\nThey will no longer be able to claim they did not know a particular employee was not allowed to work \u2013 they will have to show that they carried out proper checks before taking them on.
\nThe maximum sentence for employers found guilty will be raised from two to five years, in addition to the fines already in force. -BBC<\/p>\n

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