UK: Takeaway subject to Home Office fine after employing migrants without work visas
Summary
Date Reported: 7 Jun 2023
Location: United Kingdom
Companies
Serhat Rohat - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: Number unknown
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Restaurants & bars , Gender not reported , Undocumented migrants )Issues
Work & Conditions , Failing to renew visasResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: The company was fined GBP10,000.
Source type: News outlet
"Daventry takeaway slapped with £10,000 fine for employing illegal workers,"
A Daventry takeaway has been fined for employing illegal workers.
Pizza Hot in New Street is included in the Home Office’s latest list of employers who will have to pay a civil penalty.
The business – registered to Serhat Rohat Ltd – will have to cough up £10,000.
Every quarter, the Home Office releases a list of illegal working civil penalties. Pizza Hot is in the latest list, which relates to the quarter from October 1 to December 31, 2022. The list was published in May this year.
Guidance from the Home Office states: “Employers have a duty to prevent illegal working in the UK by carrying out prescribed document checks on people before employing them to ensure they are lawfully allowed to work.