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Beyond Brexit

Beyond Brexit S1E9 - People planning

Beyond Brexit

PwC UK

Government, News

4.836 Ratings

🗓️ 30 October 2017

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we discuss the key people and immigration issues that businesses should be considering in their Brexit planning and highlight some of the practical actions that can be taken now. To discuss these topics, Gaenor Bagley is joined by Ben Wilkins, People and Organisation Partner at PwC UK, and Katrina Cooper, Director in our Immigration practice.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the next episode in our series of Beyond Brexit podcasts.

0:07.0

Today, we're discussing the people and immigration issues.

0:11.0

I'm Gaynor Bagley, PWC's Head of Corporate Purpose.

0:14.0

On many previous episodes of these podcasts, we have talked about the need for business

0:18.0

to evaluate the impact on their business of various Brexit scenarios and the key areas to look at are people, trade and economics. This podcast

0:26.1

discusses some of the people issues businesses should be considering. Today I'm joined by Ben Wilkins,

0:31.6

people and organisation partner in the UK and Katrina Cooper, director in our immigration practice.

0:38.3

So Ben, what is the key people issues?

0:40.3

You are seeing your clients including their Brexit planning.

0:43.3

Well, Gaila, I think the first thing that clients are focusing on is data.

0:47.3

So that's understanding who they're people who are who potentially are affected by Brexit are.

0:52.3

So where their EU citizens sit in their organisation,

0:55.0

where their UK citizens based in the European Union are located,

0:59.5

what the skills those individuals have

1:01.6

and how valuable those skills are to the organisation.

1:04.4

And then look at other metrics around

1:07.0

that their population who are affected by Brexit.

1:10.6

So that's the base case, that's understanding what's at risk, what areas do you need to be

1:15.0

conscious of in terms of your people.

1:17.6

Secondly, I think clients are really focused on integrated planning, making sure that what

1:21.9

they do from a people perspective is linked into their broader Brexit planning. There's no point doing

1:28.2

these things in isolation and one's got to follow the other, the people has got to

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