Every employer has an obligation to ensure that their employees have a legal Right to Work in the UK, which cannot be confirmed without making the necessary identification and evidence of their status checks. Failure to determine an employee’s right to work, could result in penalties of up to £20,000 per illegal worker employed!
Do you know what documents are acceptable to evidence a person’s right to work status?
Does the employee or prospective employee hold either a UK, or, European Economic Area (EEA), or, Swiss passport, or, other immigration documents from the Home Office that validate a right to work?
If not, then you should not be employing them until such documents are forthcoming.
The EEA includes the following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.
BE AWARE that Croatian nationals wishing to work in the UK may require a ‘Blue’ or ‘Purple’ registration certificate or other documentation showing they have indefinite leave to enter or remain in the UK with no constraints on taking employment.
CLICK HERE – To find out more about Croatian nationals
All other non EEA countries will need to produce Right To Work documents in the form of current visa’s/work permits.
For an extensive evaluation of a person’s right to work in the UK please see the following links – https://www.gov.uk/legal-right-work-uk https://www.gov.uk/check-job-applicant-right-to-work https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-illegal-working-code-of-practice-for-employers
If you are unsure as to what documents you should be asking for when checking a person’s right to work in the UK, then contact our dedicated Customer Services Team on 0800 622 6119 who will be happy to help!