http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/p ... 926563.ece
All job applicants will be expected to prove that they are eligible to work in Britain, under government guidelines published yesterday to tackle illegal working.
The move is intended to protect employers from being accused of discriminating against people on the grounds of ethnicity and race. But ministers have been warned that the recommended checks, aimed at preventing illegal working, will increase recruitment costs and deter firms from employing foreigners.
The proposed checks were published as the Home Office confirmed that bosses who employ illegal immigrants negligently face a maximum fine of £10,000 per worker. Companies that hire illegal immigrants knowingly face an unlimited fine and their directors face being sent to prison and disqualified as company directors for between two and fifteen years.
The Home Office also announced that, under the new points-based immigration system that will be introduced in February, colleges that take foreign students and companies that employ migrants will be under a duty to report to the Border and Immigration Agency if they do not turn up for a course or work within ten days. The same rule applies if a worker’s contract of employment is ended.
Sponsors must also give police information about the worker or student if they are suspected of engaging in terrorism or another crime.
Employers will have to ask prospective employees to produce passports and birth certificates as proof that they are eligible to work in Britain and they will be expected to carry out a follow-up check on an immigrant’s right to work in Britain at least every 12 months.
Jacqui Smith, the Home Secretary, said: “By stamping out illegal working we are making the UK a less attractive destination for illegal migration.â€
I'm not at all racist in anyway but for jobs where you interact with members of the general public isn't it a necessity? So can you imagine in the news agent asking for something and you need an language translator! or if your an employer afraid to say sorry about the job and risk being sued 
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