Dear Tod and team,
My wife's company is trying to change a foreign employee's work permit from one company to another and we need some advice on the best way to go about this please.
2 of the group's companies merged on April 1st and because of complicated labour laws regarding companies with over 200 employees we need to move staff into a different company, including one of our foreign staff.
At present this employee has been diagnosed (since before the beginning of this month) as positive for the corona virus so is being quarantined at home.
We understand the process to be that the employee has to declare to immigration that he will no longer work for company A, get a 7 day extension of stay and then reapply for a work permit for company B. As he is unable to go to immigration, would he be eligible for the announced amnesty? (He will be being paid out of Company B's payroll this month) If so, would the company have to declare to immigration that he is no longer working for company A?
Many thanks in advance for your help!
Tim
TLDR : Answer Summary
The process of changing a work permit for a foreign employee involves notifying immigration that the employee will not continue with the current company (Company A) and securing a 7-day extension of stay. Since the employee is currently quarantined due to a positive COVID-19 diagnosis, inquiries about eligibility for the immigration amnesty are raised. It's noted that the company must declare the employee's departure from Company A while applying for a new work permit with Company B.
