{"id":61164,"date":"2015-09-08T11:32:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:32:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=f3e8ff612683cc60e083bf0a0d11f7e8"},"modified":"2015-09-08T11:32:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-08T11:32:22","slug":"press-release-clothing-company-director-stripped-of-directorship-for-employing-illegal-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=61164","title":{"rendered":"Press release: Clothing company director stripped of directorship for employing illegal workers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sameena Bi Shaikh, 34, of Leicester, a director of SN Clothing Ltd for periods between April 2012 and February 2014, was found in June 2013 to be employing six workers who were not eligible to work in the UK. All had been while Mrs Shaikh was a director. The business, a ladies and children\u2019s fashion wear outlet, went into liquidation in February 2014, owing \u00a3119,026 to creditors. <\/p>\n

The Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills accepted a six year undertaking from Mrs Shaikh which, from 3 September 2015, bans her from acting as a company director or from managing or in any way controlling a limited company until 2021. In addition to the disqualification order, the company was fined \u00a325,000.<\/p>\n

Sue MacLeod, Chief Investigator of Insolvent Investigations, Midlands & West at the Insolvency Service, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cIllegal workers are not protected under employment law, and as well as cheating legitimate job seekers out of employment opportunities these employers defraud the taxpayer and undercuts honest competitors. This should serve as a warning to other directors who may feel tempted to break the law.\u201d <\/p>\n

The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, makes employers responsible for preventing illegal workers in the UK. To comply with the law, a company must check and be able to prove documents have been checked prior to recruitment that show a person is entitled to work.<\/p>\n

Notes to editors<\/h4>\n

SN Clothing Ltd (Company Registration Number 08021218) was incorporated on 5 April 2012, traded from Supra House, Evington Valley Road, Leicester LE5 5LJ and Mrs Sameena Bi Shaikh was the director from 6 April 2012 to 1 April 2013 and from 11 June 2013 until 21 February 2014 (the date of liquidation). <\/p>\n

The six year undertaking was signed on behalf of the Secretary of State on 13 August 2015, to be effective from 3 September 2015.<\/p>\n

Mrs Sameena Bi Shaikh\u2019s date of birth is 28 November 1980. <\/p>\n

The Home Office Immigration Enforcement issued a \u00a325,000 penalty on SN Clothing Ltd for breaching the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act. The penalty was made up of \u00a35,000 for each of the four illegal workers employed and \u00a35,000 in respect of a worker who was in breach of his visa conditions. No penalty was issued in respect of the sixth worker as HOIE considered it would not have been \u201creasonably apparent\u201d that the passport he produced was not genuine.<\/p>\n

A disqualification order has the effect that without specific permission of a court, a person with a disqualification cannot:<\/p>\n