Face of Tesco Is an Illegal

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 08:18

It would appear that checkout girl Fatau Cham from Gambia was chosen to model the F&F range in a magazine was in fact an illegal. She entered UK on a student visa which expired in 2001. She joined Tescos in 2002 as a checkout girl and was choosen from hundreds to front this advertising campaign. She has appealed to stay in uk but was again refused in January this year. Tescos are co operating fully with the UK Border Agency. Just show fame and fortune will find you out

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 08:28

bet she was cheaper to hire though ....every little helps



kav

fiendishpaul


Joined: 18/05/2008
Posts: 1720

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 09:24

Nice one Kav

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 10:15

Well the cheek of it and the nerve, knowing full well she was an Illegal Immigrant and making herself public, well that's one who might be caught and shipped back, now for 4 million others

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 10:19

You would think a big organisation like Tesco knowing the girl was not British, would ask to see her passport and do a background check on her.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 11:41

re msg 1



>>Tescos are co operating fully with the UK Border Agency. <<



Hmm I'll bet.. the fine for employing each "illegal worker" is now up to 10K GBP.



Now you'd THINK with all that revenue, from fines, an employer would be given the CORRECT info if they ring up the UK BA's "employer helpline".. re someone's status/ right to work...!



NO..



They told a potential employer of my step-son- who HAS the right to work - that they didn't know if he had - so to err on the "cautious side" and *refuse* him.... :o

karakum5c



Joined: 18/03/2008
Posts: 1021

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 11:46

I am a manager for a large company and the first thing i am required to do at a job interview by law is check nationality/elegibility to work in UK. Its not rocket science.

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 12:00

Dear karakum5c



re msg 7



The trouble is the "help" you get - as an employer - is USELESS.. and inaccurate..

kavenkoy


Joined: 10/04/2008
Posts: 1787

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 12:57

true message7



i have similar position and cant get passed interview stages without proof of entitlement to work .





also true mmmmmmm that there is now a 10k fine ,however i tend to think this was shutting the door in the uk ,after the horse has bolted .



kav

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 15:56

Hi Kav



re 9



>>however i tend to think this was shutting the door in the uk ,after the horse has bolted <<



I don't agree - it is a HELL of a disincentive to employ possible non EU nationals.. and the EASIEST place to catch illegals..



Many entitled folk don't GET interviews, because of the 'Hassle factor'

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 16:18

I think that at the time of her employment and before the border checks all that was required was a valid ID card Not sure when the UK BORDER AGENCY was set up and I beleive she commenced work in 2001

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
03/10/2009 22:11

Dear Lilli



If she entered the UK on a student visa, Tescos would have know their was a limit to the hours she could work and SHOULD have checked to see if her visa had been renewed.

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
04/10/2009 01:10

Hiya Mark and Vita you would think they wouild check. Just shows the system is lack xx

mmmmmm



Joined: 19/12/2008
Posts: 8398

Message Posted:
04/10/2009 04:55

Hi Lilli, re msg 12



before Hans, comments, please accept my apologies for my howlers on the 'spooling' front in msg 12 ( know[n] their[there]



The system sucks.. but by making the employer liable it should improve the detection rate, as competitors will cheerfully dob in rivals who are breaking the law...

keldanreb


Joined: 17/09/2009
Posts: 212

Message Posted:
04/10/2009 12:43

but the thing is,shes a hard working girl,pays her taxes,and has been working since she has been here.never once has she pounced of the state.unlike millions of puff smoking morons ,who have been on the dole for years,just so they can get money for drugs.the reason most of us(immigrants) live in trnc is because we are looking for a better life.so leave the girl alone.

gates


Joined: 08/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
04/10/2009 18:42

how many tescos out here one on every site at least

Ailletoo


Joined: 24/01/2009
Posts: 1003

Message Posted:
04/10/2009 20:10

mmmmmmm wondering why you guys are discussing this. Exactly how does it affect me, you, them, us?