Several restaurants and a grocery store are among the seven businesses in Redbridge who have been fined a collective £355,000 for employing illegal workers, our sister title London Now reports.
The latest list was published by the UK government’s immigration enforcement team and reveals the names of the businesses fined, the liable parties, the addresses where immigration enforcement visits took place and the final value of the penalties.
The latest data relates to penalties given between July 1 and September 30 last year.
Both grocery store RTS Fruit & Veg in High Street, Barkingside (IG6 2AD) and takeaway TZ Peri Peri (with liable party Majid Fast Food Ltd) in Chigwell Road, Woodford Green (IG8 8AF) were given an £80,000 penalty each.
A fine of £45,000 was given to four businesses across the borough.
"Halal food" restaurant and takeaway Spice Hut in Eastern Avenue, Ilford (IG2 7RX) was one of these four.
Also handed a £45,000 penalty was "modern Sri Lankan and Indian" restaurant Ceylon Street Restaurant (under the liable party name of Indispices Ltd) in High Road (G3 8RL).
Restaurant and lounge Canopy (with liable party Angus Doner House Ltd) in Beehive Lane (IG4 5DR) and BAR 2064 LTD in Hainault Business Park (IG6 3TU) were both also fined £45,000.
Christies Office Pro Cleaning Ltd based in Fowler Road, Hainault (IG6 3UJ) was handed a £15,000 fine.
The government says the list is published "as a warning to other businesses not to employ illegal workers".
The website states: “You can be sent to jail for five years and have to pay an unlimited fine if you are found guilty of employing someone who you knew or had ‘reasonable cause to believe’ did not have the right to work in the UK.
“This includes, for example, if you had any reason to believe that they did not have leave (permission) to enter or remain in the UK or their leave had expired.
“It also includes if they were not allowed to do certain types of work or their papers were incorrect or false.
“You can also be penalised if you employ someone who does not have the right to work and you did not do the correct checks, or you did not do them properly.
“Your business’s details may be published by immigration enforcement as a warning to other businesses not to employ illegal workers.”
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