Changing English language requirements for international skilled workers could have an impact on construction’s ongoing skills gap.

While the construction industry faces ongoing skills shortages, proposed changes to current settlement rules could add to the challenges employers must navigate.

Construction employers must remain compliant to ensure visa sponsor licences are not revoked.

More than twice the number of employers have been banned from sponsoring foreign workers in the first year of this government compared to the year before, according to new figures.

As major changes to the immigration system come into effect, here’s what industry employers need to know.

The government’s new immigration white paper – Restoring control over the immigration system – outlines significant policy reforms.

The UK government has revealed its plan to reform the immigration system, including higher skills standards for graduates and workers.

The government’s illegal working programme could see non-compliant employers facing strict penalties

Call for the Home Office to improve collaboration with other stakeholders, including Skills England, to help address skills shortages 

As skilled worker regulations evolve, construction firms must remain vigilant to avoid sanctions

Construction employers must consider complex immigration rules before recruiting skilled professionals from the international talent pool

Ahead of the digitalisation of the UK’s immigration process, construction employers and foreign workers are urged to consider the important changes

The Association for Project Safety has launched an election manifesto with five key demands, describing them as “essential life savers”.

Ahead of the 4 July general election, the UK’s largest contractors have published a series of recommendations for the next government

Home Secretary James Cleverly has announced new measures which aim to cut annual net migration by 300,000

The government has added a number of construction roles to the shortage occupation list

Kirsty Moore, from the immigration law firm Fragomen, explains which practical steps construction companies can follow to access workers from overseas.

The government has updated its occupation shortage list to include five more construction roles