Liverpool Recruiter Transforms the ‘Right to Work’ Process
Short-term recruitment specialist RedWigWam is set to revolutionise ‘right to work’ checks and the digital identification process by partnering with Facebanx. UK law requires that before employers hire someone they must check that the job applicant permitted to work in the UK. This involves checking the applicant’s documents, such as passport/ID document, are genuine, original, unchanged, in date and belong to the applicant. Photos and date of birth must appear the same across all documents and employers must ensure that the applicant has permission to do the type of work they are offering. Put simply, the new technology means that an applicant’s ‘right to work’ can be proved via live streaming their face and showing documents to the camera, eliminating the need for a face-to-face meeting. RedWigWam chief executive Lorna Davidson said: “Making sure your staff are fully verified to work is absolutely essential, whatever industry you work in. “The software w...
