Adam Pipe speaks with corporate immigration solicitor Shara Pledger about the recent and significant changes to the Skilled Worker rules and the challenges they create for UK employers and international recruits. Shara explains the effects of tighter skill and salary requirements, the emergence of a two-tier system for existing and new sponsored employees, and practical strategies for navigating these changes. She also covers sponsor licensing considerations, temporary shortage list roles, non-sponsored options such as internships and business visitors, and planning for the future recruitment of graduates and overseas workers.
Hi and welcome to this latest immigration law conversation. Today I have the privilege of once again being joined by Shara Pledger. Shara is back to talk about the skilled worker changes because I'm sure for a lot of you there's been so much change this summer which is causing a lot of headaches. So I've subtitled today's conversation Navigating the Nightmare and Shara and I are going to talk about some of the issues, particularly sponsors are facing, with the new changes. At training events I'm often asked about this, but what we need is really somebody at the coalface who's doing this kind of work day in, day out. So Shara, thank you for taking this unenviable task of talking about the skilled worker changes. For those of you who haven't seen our previous conversations, tell us a bit about you and the kind of work you do.
Yeah, no problem. So, I'm...
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