Trade body the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), issued a response to Andrew Miller’s Private Member’s Bill on temporary workers, which begins its committee stage today.

CIPD's chief economist, John Philpott, said: “CIPD consultations with employers suggest that there will be considerable teething troubles during the course of the role out of the new system. It is evident from our consultations that the Home Office will have to display considerable efficiency and dexterity in introducing the new system in order to avoid a welter of employer confusion and complaints. Indeed, while figures publicised over the weekend indicating a surge in the number of employers being caught employing illegal immigrants may be a welcome sign that the government is cracking down on genuine rogue practice care must be taken to ensure that decent employers who are simply confused by the new rules are not branded rogues.”