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The process matters

It doesn’t matter what you are doing when it comes to compliance. It is not just about ‘lip service’ it’s about getting the process right. The fines have now increased to £60,000 for employing illegal workers. You can’t as employers plead ignorance to a process that has been operational since 2008. The question is, are […]

Fines for illegal working are set to rise

Fines are set to increase, the Home Secretary has announced. The civil penalty for employers, which was last increased in 2014, will be raised by 300%. Up to £45,000 per illegal worker for a first breach, and up to £60,000 for repeat breaches. In the last 5 years circa 5,000 civil penalties have been issued […]

Right to Work – Physical ID checks are needed from the 21st June

The Right to Work temporary guidance is changing. The government have announced that the COVID19 temporary guidance ends on the 20th June. Physical checks of ID documents for Right to Work will need to start from the 20th June (changed from the 17th May) – are you ready? How do you: Notify all your staff? […]

End of COVID-19 Temporary guidance for Right to Work

Announcement that the COVID-19 temporary guidance period for Right to Work will now end on the 20th June 2021 What does this mean to you as an employer? You: Don’t need to carry out retrospective checks on those who had a COVID-19 adjusted check between 30.03.2020 and 20.06.2021 Do need to check physical documentation from […]

New RTW rules are coming

The new year brings in a new era around Right to Work (RTW) for UK employers when hiring European workers. The Home Office have announced new RTW rules that come into force from the 1st January. If you actively employ European workers are you prepared? Do you know what is happening with your existing workers? […]

Return to Work – what you need to consider

The government are encouraging businesses to open their doors and begin trading to get the economy moving. So, as we begin to Return to Work in earnest, we need to ensure that all our compliance is ‘top notch’. This is particularly important where key workers have been lost and need replacing. Technology helps your recruitment […]

Return to Work our RTW solution for a donation to charity

When we look at the return to work process there are many steps we need to consider. In my last blog we took a look at readiness to RTW. Your employees safety and mental health should be major considerations. However, when you taking on new employees you do have to comply with the Home Office […]

The Employment Challenge for Onboarding

Ucomply were delighted to have been selected as one of 9 exciting innovations to go forward to the CSSA’s Innovation Showcase 2020 with our Employment Challenge offering uOnboard. Businesses of all sizes are facing a number of employment challenges when it comes to the onboarding of staff. From our research we found three challenges consistently […]

Stay safe in today’s new world – COVID-19

If we all consider the impact of Covid-19 in our everyday lives it has been a (hopefully) once in a lifetime event. As we consider how to adapt and stay safe we put together a simple info-graphic showing some simple steps we we can take to achieve that. This post which we shared on our […]

Europe under threat from illegal documents?

When we look at employment figures and company news from the UK we are still doing very well, compared to our European counterparts. Great news. How easy is it to obtain illegal documents? The grey lining to our silver cloud is that this makes the UK an attractive place for all especially with the numbers […]