The civil penalty for employing an illegal worker is £20,000 per person. Therefore, you must check that someone has the legal right to work in the UK before employment commences. But how can you be
sure this is the case?
Published 24.02.2015
Before a job applicant takes up employment, you must check that they are allowed to work in the UK. You can verify this by checking certain documents. When the documents are produced, what should you
be looking for?
Published 07.09.2018
You might have read that as part of its crackdown on illegal immigration the government intends to temporarily shut down any business that’s suspected of employing workers illegally. Should you be
worried about this?
Published 15.09.2015
New laws that aim to crack down on migrants working illegally in the UK have just come into force. But guess who will be expected to police them?
Published 20.03.2008
You recently sent a job offer to an applicant which was conditional on them producing evidence of their right to work in the UK. They’ve accepted your offer but not supplied any documentation. Can
you withdraw it?
Published 13.01.2014
A right to work check must be properly conducted before an employee starts working for you. However, although this check may undertaken correctly, there are two traps which can potentially invalidate
it. What do you need to know?
Published 22.09.2022
From 28 January 2019 it will be much easier to check right to work status in certain situations by using the Home Office’s Right to Work Checking Service. When can it be used?
Published 15.01.2019
The tribunal has ruled that an employer was entitled to exercise its contractual right to recover recruitment agency costs totalling £5,100 from an employee who resigned within a year of her start
date. Can you have a similar provision?
Published 15.01.2021
The Attorney General has been left red-faced after it was revealed she’s been employing a worker illegally. That’s not all - she’s been slapped with a £5,000 fine! Even with all her legal
qualifications how did she get the law so wrong?
Published 06.10.2009