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The level of checking which applicants for new jobs must go through has increased significantly in recent years. Increased fines and enforcement around illegal working has forced employers to run proper identity checks on both permanent and contract workers, and for other positions, employers opt for a thorough background screening check on potential hires. This screening is thought by many…

An investigative snapshot by a consumer magazine has uncovered dubious and fraudulent advertisements offering UK driving licenses for as much as £600 – without the need to take a driving test. A series of suspicious claimed to offer a “registered driving licence” without a test in “just a few working days”. Another company was found to be offering a replacement…

In early 2022, the Government introduced updates to the existing Right to Work laws. The Right to Work checks were introduced in the UK around a decade ago, as a way of making sure that everyone who has a job in the UK is both in the UK legally and has the right visa for working. These identity checks are…

Right to Work checks are a legal requirement for all workers in the UK, and for tenants who are renting property. These are basic identity checks, to ensure that an individual is who they say they are and has the legal right to live and work in the UK. Identity checks usually involve showing a basic identity document such as…

On February 2024, the Home Office fines for employing illegal workers, or renting property to people who are not in the UK legally are to triple. Fines for employers are to rise to a maximum of £60,000 per illegal worker, and landlord fines to £20,000 per illegal tenant. Although fines are easily avoided by running proper identity checks on employees…

One of the latest management buzzwords is “onboarding”, a term which is cropping up in more and more job adverts. If you’re applying for a new position and have heard that the company will be onboarding new workers, what exactly should you expect from that process? Employee onboarding is a term which describes everything a company does to introduce newly…

Since 2014 in England, landlords and lettings agents have had the legal responsibility to carry out detailed checks on tenants before a tenancy agreement starts. These identity checks are aimed at stopping individuals without lawful immigration status from being able to rent property from a private landlord and is known as Right to Rent checks. If a landlord or letting…

CV fraud is a growing concern among recruiters, and a recent survey shows they have good reason to be concerned. One in five people, or twenty percent, either admit to lying themselves on their CV, or know someone who has lied about their qualifications on their CV in the past year. More shocking for employers, 40% of employees who suspect…

As we start to move out of the winter months and start to look forward to the warmer weather and lighter nights, businesses preparing for heightened activity are in the midst of recruiting seasonal staff. Whether these hires are temporary or permanent, it remains the law that all employees in the UK to undergo Right to Work checks. These are…

A recent shocking medical case in the UK saw Zholia Alemi, a bogus psychiatrist, sentenced to seven years in prison in Manchester Crown Court for committing 20 fraud offences over a period two decades. Alemi had forged a degree certificate, enabling her to practice as a psychiatrist and receive approximately £1 million in salary payments from the NHS. All incidents…