Indian restaurant fined for hiring illegal workers
Friday, 19 September 2008
LONDON, Sept 18 (PTI): An Indian restaurant in the Welsh town of Britain has been fined 10,000 pounds for employing illegal immigrant workers.
During a recent raid, two Bangladeshi men, aged 26 and 28, were found to be working illegally at 'The Delhi Restaurant' in the town.
Several Indian restaurants across the UK, in the recent past, have been fined for employing workers from the sub- continent illegally.
Restaurants have been facing acute shortage of chefs as it became difficult to recruit workers from sub-continent following the new rules on illegal working.
Abdul Hye, the employer of the restaurant, has been given 28 days time by the U.K. Border Agency to provide evidence that proper right-to-work checks had been done on the Bangladeshi illegal worker or face a substantial fine of 10,000 pounds.
While the 26-year-old worker was removed from the UK, steps are currently underway to remove the 28-year-old.
Jane Farleigh, regional director of the UK Border Agency in Wales and the South West, said: "This fine, the first ever handed to an employer in Newport, shows how seriously we are taking the problem of illegal working.
During a recent raid, two Bangladeshi men, aged 26 and 28, were found to be working illegally at 'The Delhi Restaurant' in the town.
Several Indian restaurants across the UK, in the recent past, have been fined for employing workers from the sub- continent illegally.
Restaurants have been facing acute shortage of chefs as it became difficult to recruit workers from sub-continent following the new rules on illegal working.
Abdul Hye, the employer of the restaurant, has been given 28 days time by the U.K. Border Agency to provide evidence that proper right-to-work checks had been done on the Bangladeshi illegal worker or face a substantial fine of 10,000 pounds.
While the 26-year-old worker was removed from the UK, steps are currently underway to remove the 28-year-old.
Jane Farleigh, regional director of the UK Border Agency in Wales and the South West, said: "This fine, the first ever handed to an employer in Newport, shows how seriously we are taking the problem of illegal working.