Supplementary employment for Skilled Workers

From the 4th April 2024 changes have been made to the supplementary employment rules for Skilled Workers.

Skilled Workers are allowed to undertake supplementary work provided they continue working for their sponsor in their sponsored role and any supplementary work is outside of their contracted hours for no more than 20 hours a week.

Previously, any supplementary work had to be either in the same occupation and at the same professional level as the role they were sponsored to do, or in an occupation on the shortage occupation list (SOL). However, the SOL has now been replaced by the Immigration Salary List (ISL) which is much shorter than its predecessor. As a result, supplementary work for Skilled Workers can now be in any occupation that is eligible for the Skilled Worker route. A list of the roles that are eligible can be found in tables 1, 2 and 3 of the Appendix Skilled Occupations.

This change could result in more skilled workers taking on supplementary work and it is important that you ensure you are making the appropriate checks when engaging workers who are entitled to undertake supplementary work.

Credit: REC