Takeaway owner hired illegal workers

SEEMA Farhat Usmani, who ran The Mughal Takeaway in Manchester, has been disqualified from acting as a director for six years for allowing the company to employ illegal workers.

Following an investigation by the Insolvency Service, working with the Home Office, Mrs Usmani has signed a disqualification undertaking which bans her from being a company director and from being involved in the management of a limited company in any way for six years from March 2016.

The fast food outlet went into liquidation on April 2, 2015 owing £44,854 to creditors.

Following a visit from Home Office Immigration Officers in September 2014, an investigation found that Mrs Usmani failed to ensure that Mughal Takeaway complied with its statutory obligations under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 resulting in the employment of three illegal workers.

Sue MacLeod, chief investigator at the Insolvency Service, said: “This director sought an unfair advantage over their competitors by employing individuals who did not have the right to work in the UK.

“The Insolvency Service rigorously investigates directors who breach employment and immigration legislation and this ban should act as a warning to other employers who are flouting the law. Directors who also seek to obtain commercial advantage over their competitors show a total disregard for the business community generally.”

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