The man is banned from running a business until 2031.
London:
A manager of an Indian restaurant and takeaway in east England has been banned from being a company director for seven years for employing three illegal workers from Bangladesh.
Ikbal Hussain, 51, employed staff at the Taste of Raj restaurant in Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire, before the restaurant was attacked in 2020 Raid by immigration enforcement officials.
The UK Insolvency Service said on Tuesday Hussain had been banned from running businesses until 2031 following further investigations.
Kevin Read, chief investigator for the Insolvency Service, said: “Iqbal Hussain’s failure to ensure the necessary checks were carried out, resulting in the employment of three illegal workers, breached the Immigration, Asylum and Immigration Act 2006. and Nationality Law.”
“This is a serious breach of legislation and the standards expected of a company director. As a result of this breach he cannot take part in the promotion, formation or management of a UK company for the next seven years,” he said.
Hussain is the sole director of the restaurant, which has been trading as Tender Love Ltd since June 2014. In the UK, restaurants serving cuisine associated with countries of the Indian subcontinent, including Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal, are often referred to as “Indian restaurants”. Restaurant.
In March 2020, immigration enforcement officers carried out an operation at the Taste of Raj Indian restaurant in Hertfordshire and discovered three men who had no right to work in the UK. The three workers, aged in their 40s and originally from Bangladesh, told investigators they had worked at the restaurant for anywhere from four days to two months.
Officials noted that Hussain hired them without carrying out right-to-work checks and did not keep the documents needed to prove they were eligible to work in the UK.
“Illegal employment defrauds honest workers out of work, puts vulnerable people at risk and defrauds public funds. We are tackling illegal employment by stepping up enforcement activity and tripling the fines for rogue employers. We will continue to work with partners including Suran Padiachie of the Home Office’s Immigration Enforcement Branch said: “The Insolvency Service will crack down on all forms of illegal immigration. “
Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenock accepted Hussain’s disqualification pledge, meaning his seven-year ban began last week. It imposed a number of restrictions on his business activities and prohibited him from participating in the promotion, formation or management of companies without the court’s permission.
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