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Work permit

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  • 13-12-2023 10:00pm
    #1
    dbran
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 2,094 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    Hi there

    Am thinking of taking on a person part time who has a work permit which mentions her previous/other employer by name.

    Need to know is she able to work for me part time also or is she locked into that other employer.

    Do I need to sponsor her. Does she need to reapply etc.

    Best

    Dbran



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    #2
    SVI40
    Registered Users Posts: 594 ✭✭✭SVI40


    Their work permit is only for the company that sponsored it, so they can only legally work for them. If they want to change jobs, the whole process needs to start again.



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    Jim2007
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 10,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭Jim2007


    If they are a citizen of a third state then the primary reason they are working within the EU/EEA/CH is because they are filling a documented gap in the labour market, with a few exceptions the prime ones being family reunification and students with limited hours to support themselves. So you'd need to establish exactly what her circumstances are and decide from that if it is worth the effort or not.



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    dennyk
    Registered Users Posts: 1,648 ✭✭✭dennyk


    Work permits are tied to a specific job at a specific employer; they are not transferable. You could potentially hire this person under a new work permit for the role you are offering, but the role would have to meet the requirements for the permit in question, and one of those for any permit is that the role is full-time.

    If this person is on a Critical Skills permit, then after two years on that they'll be given a Stamp 4 permission and will be allowed to work for any employer in any role. However, their Stamp 4 will be contingent on them remaining in full-time employment, so if they were to quit their full-time job to work for you in a part-time role, they might be unable to renew their permission when the time comes. They could potentially work for you in addition to their existing full-time job, but if they are working for you as an employee, you'd have to be very careful about how many hours a week they are working in total, both for you and their other employer, as if an employee working jobs for multiple employers exceeds the 48-hour weekly average limit mandated by the law, all of their employers are liable and can face fines and penalties.



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