Hazel Findlay
Senior Associate
Senior Associate in the Employment & pensions team

Hazel is a senior associate in the pensions and employment team who provides pragmatic solutions to clients across our sectors on all aspects of employment law and business immigration.
Hazel has experience in all aspects of employment law including disciplinary and grievance processes, contracts of employment, handbooks, redundancy/restructures, the application of TUPE, collective consultation, discrimination, managing sickness absence, holiday pay, defending employment tribunal claims and settlement agreements. She is also a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association and advises organisations on business immigration, including sponsor licence applications, preventing illegal working and the health and care worker visa.
My advice and articles
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Extended Right to Work liability is here: act now to reduce your organisation’s exposure to civil penalties
From 1 October 2026, the UK's Right to Work regime expanded significantly under the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025....
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Revocation of sponsorship licences; don’t let it happen to your organisation
It’s no news that the social care sector in the UK is reliant on sponsored workers; rough estimates show that well over 150,000 care...
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Home Office compliance action – what sponsors need to know in 2026
Over the past few months, we have seen a significant rise in sponsor licenses being revoked. The message from the Home Office is clear –...
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Do sleep-in shifts count towards the 20-hour limit? If you get this wrong, it could result in a civil penalty
Recently, there has been an increase in the number of civil penalties issued by the Home Office and this means that right to work...
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Home Office white paper on immigration May 2025
The Home Office white paper published on 12 May 2025 sets out the Government’s policy to reduce net migration. The aim is set out as...
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Government’s plan to ban rogue employers who flout visa rules
The Government has announced a new set of measures to crack down on rogue employers who shamelessly ‘repeatedly flout visa rules or...
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