EU National Joining my Company - Advice on Process?

[RichB]

I am interviewing a French national who I intend will be joining my company in the UK. He currently lives in Paris and will relocate here. Is there a website (Government?) that explains the process I should go through? I assume he will need a NI Number and there must be other paperwork required. I want to make the process as simple as possible for him so will be undertaking much of work.

[paul789]

RichB said:

I am interviewing a French national who I intend will be joining my company in the UK. He currently lives in Paris and will relocate here. Is there a website (Government?) that explains the process I should go through? I assume he will need a NI Number and there must be other paperwork required. I want to make the process as simple as possible for him so will be undertaking much of work.

Did he market himself as a "self-starter"?

[BJG1]

Pretty sure in his first month he'll just need a letter confirming his employment, use that when applying for a National Insurance Card and then Bob's your Uncle. Once he ahs his NI card it's no different to employing a UK resident. Don't think you have to do anything, just get him to sort his NI in his first month of employment.

[RichB]

BJG1 said:

Pretty sure in his first month he'll just need a letter confirming his employment, use that when applying for a National Insurance Card and then Bob's your Uncle. Once he has his NI card it's no different to employing a UK resident. Don't think you have to do anything, just get him to sort his NI in his first month of employment.

Great, thanks...

[BJG1]

RichB said:

Great, thanks...

Worth double-checking, we hired a few EU nationals at my last company, I didn't handle the admin of their recruitment but fairly certain the person who did had to do anything different other than tell them to sort NI. If they don't do it within the first month I think things then get a bit more complicated.

[anonymous-user]

The hardest thing for him will get getting a bank account, when I hired some Romanians last year it took 8 weeks to find a bank who would offer them a basic bank account (no credit) so had to sub them in cash until it was sorted out.

[craigjm]

paul789 said:

Did he market himself as a "self-starter"?

Why is that relevant?

[FredClogs]

craigjm said:

paul789 said:

Did he market himself as a "self-starter"?

Why is that relevant?

I infer the poster meaning to say the onus should be on Jean Paul to sort himself out not his employer, which it is. He will need an NI number, he'll go on emergency tax if he's being paid through PAYE for however long it takes for him to sort himself out. 20 mins on Le Google and he should be able to sort himself out, it's not really the employers task. He might want to get a registration certificate as well but probably won't need to if he has a job and plans on keeping it, I think it's £65 and it will probably help with using the NHS, claiming benefits and bringing dependents over if that what he intends.

[anonymous-user]

Vandenberg said:

The hardest thing for him will get getting a bank account, when I hired some Romanians last year it took 8 weeks to find a bank who would offer them a basic bank account (no credit) so had to sub them in cash until it was sorted out.

You can pay them into their existing foreign account or get a pre-paid credit card and load that up for them rather than sub with cash. Their will be fees but probably easier than running on cash for more than a week or so.

[AndrewEH1]

Vandenberg said:

The hardest thing for him will get getting a bank account, when I hired some Romanians last year it took 8 weeks to find a bank who would offer them a basic bank account (no credit) so had to sub them in cash until it was sorted out.

What was Lloyds TSB were good for offering basic accounts for those recently moved to the UK.

[RichB]

craigjm said:

paul789 said:

Did he market himself as a "self-starter"?

Why is that relevant?

It's not which is why I ignored it.

[Stormfly1985]

Make sure you see and take a good copy of their passport.

[darker grapefruit]

Stormfly1985 said:

Make sure you see and take a good copy of their passport.

^ Definitely this; I believe it is a legal requirement to hold proof of the employee's right to work in the UK.

[Eric Mc]

If they are an EU citizen, they currently have a right to work in the UK. So the only "proof" is proof that they come from another EU country. That of course may change over the next few years as we start setting rules in an attempt to control immigration. Expect a ton of additional red tape being visited on employers as these laws come into effect.

Once you have proof that the person is an EU citizen, you can employ them without further ado. They will need to acquire an NI number so that NI contributions can be calculated by you as the employer and deducted from their salary. I came to the UK 30 years ago from Ireland and that was the first thing I had to do regarding getting myself sorted for PAYE and NI. Back then there was no legal requirement for employers to check passports.

[RichB]

Thanks everyone. I think I've got a clear idea now.