{"id":227,"date":"2014-05-08T11:03:29","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T17:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icslegal.com\/blog\/?p=227"},"modified":"2015-10-22T06:11:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T12:11:10","slug":"tier-2-mergers-takeovers-and-similar-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icslegal.com\/blog\/tier-2-mergers-takeovers-and-similar-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Tier 2 &#8211; Mergers, takeovers and similar changes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><h2 id=\"tier-2-mergers-takeovers-and-similar-changes\">Tier 2 &#8211; Mergers, takeovers and similar changes<\/h2>\n<p>A change of employment application is not required if\u00a0you\u00a0are moving under TUPE (or similar) protection due to a takeover,\u00a0merger, de-merger or any other circumstances in which TUPE is triggered.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\">Your sponsor may be required to carry out a new resident labour market test. A resident\u00a0<\/span>labour market test will not be required if you are applying as an Intra Company Transfer\u00a0(continuing to work for the same company), a job which is a shortage occupation or job\u00a0where your salary is \u00a3153,500 (or \u00a3152,100, if the recruitment took place before 6 April\u00a02014) or above.<\/p>\n<p>It is recommended that you do not commence employment until you have received your biometric residence permit (BRP). However, on the basis of your approval letter, if you and your sponsor agree to commence the employment before you have your BRP, both you and your sponsor carry the risk of having no statutory excuse against a civil penalty if the BRP card is incorrect or withdrawn by the Home Office. You can continue working for your previous sponsor until the start date on your new Certificate of Sponsorship, provided your previous leave has not expired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tier 2 &#8211; Mergers, takeovers and similar changes A change of employment application is not required if\u00a0you\u00a0are moving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-227","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-immigration-detention-and-bail"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tier 2 - Mergers, takeovers and similar changes - Latest immigration and nationality news - ICS Legal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/icslegal.com\/blog\/tier-2-mergers-takeovers-and-similar-changes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tier 2 - Mergers, takeovers and similar changes - Latest immigration and nationality news - ICS Legal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tier 2 &#8211; 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