Are you conducting your right to work checks when employing new staff members?
You should conduct right to work checks on all potential employees. This means you should ask all people you are considering employing to provide you with their (original) documents.
If an employer gets this wrong, they are risking a civil penalty of up to £20,000 and/or a 5-year prison sentence for employing an illegal worker. (Last week the home office have confirmed from April 2024 the civil penalty will rise up to £60,000 per illegal worker and/or a 5-year prison sentence).
Right to work checks must be conducted in relation to all potential employees.
Regardless of nationality and is at least over the age of 16 years old, employers must not discriminate their accent, looks, personality and should be conducted the same way as everyone else.
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