S.L. 217.14 Art. 4Obligations on employers.

(1) An employer shall be obliged to:

(a) require that a third-country national, before taking up the employment, holds and presents to him a valid residence permit or other authorisation for his stay;

(b) ensure that the third-country national is in possession of a valid employment licence;

(c) keep, for at least the duration of the employment, a copy or record of the residence permit or other authorisation for stay available for possible inspection by the competent authorities.

(2) An employer who has fulfilled his obligations set out in sub-regulation (1) shall not be held liable for an infringement of the prohibition referred to in regulation 3 unless the employer knew that the document presented as a valid residence permit or another authorisation for stay was fraudulent.