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HR Fact: Right to Work Checks Can Cost £60,000 per Breach

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HR Fact: Right to Work Checks Can Cost UK Employers Up to £60,000 per Breach

Many UK employers underestimate the importance of Right to Work checks — but the financial and legal risks are significant.

Under UK immigration rules, employers must carry out compliant checks before employment begins. Failure to do so can result in fines of up to £60,000 per illegal worker.

What Are Your Legal Obligations?

You must:
✔ Check original documents or use a valid share code
✔ Verify the individual’s identity
✔ Keep clear records of checks
✔ Conduct follow-up checks where visas expire

Guidance is provided by the Home Office.

Common Employer Mistakes

❌ Not completing checks before employment starts
❌ Accepting incorrect or expired documents
❌ Failing to carry out follow-up checks
❌ Poor record keeping

Why This Matters

Even if the mistake is unintentional, penalties still apply — and reputational damage can follow.

How Consensus HR Supports You

We help businesses:

  • Implement compliant Right to Work processes
  • Train managers on correct procedures
  • Maintain accurate records
  • Reduce risk of costly penalties

Comment from Matthew Chilcott – Owner, FCIPD, ACEL, BA (Hons)

“Right to Work checks are a legal requirement, not an option. Getting this wrong can have serious financial consequences for any business and is why we always ensure that comprehensive processes are put in place to cover all areas and work to best and legal practice”

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Investigation reveals harsh conditions at Boohoo factory

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Investigation reveals harsh conditions at Boohoo factory

Matthew Pinto-Chilcott, Owner, of Consensus HR comments: Investigation reveals harsh conditions at Boohoo factory – “An interesting article in ‘The Times’ in relation to working conditions at a UK company where the team call themselves “Slaves”!  How can any company employ a team where they make comments such as this and in extremely poor conditions.  A reputation of a company is vital for its success and employees making extremely poor comments about it, does not help.  In this article, they comment about temperatures reaching 32 degrees which I could understand in the height of summer but in November!  There is no legal limit on how high a temperature can get in a workplace but surely if you had an environment like this, you would aim to get some sort of air-conditioning in so that the team felt comfortable when working and producing more!

This investigation gives perfect examples of how not to look after your team and how to go against everything a good HR strategy would provide.  The current economic climate may not give companies surplus funds to provide excessive HR benefits, but all of these listed within this article are conditions that do not cost a fortune and are purely down to mismanagement by the team and failure to work to best practice and Health & Safety regulations.  I dread to think what their sickness / absence and retention must be and the continual additional costs of recruiting more employees both financially and in view of their reputation!”

NEWS ARTICLE – Investigation reveals harsh conditions at Boohoo factory :

 An undercover investigation by The Times has revealed the harsh conditions at Boohoo’s warehouse in Burnley, where workers label themselves “slaves” and have complained of racism, sexual harassment, gruelling targets, inadequate training and ill-fitting safety equipment. The investigation found the conditions, where workers are forced to walk the equivalent of a half-marathon per shift in a sweltering warehouse in which night-time temperatures can reach 32C, have led to workers collapsing in the aisles. An undercover reporter revealed staff complained they are treated as “fodder,” with managers timing their lavatory breaks and no allowances made for injuries they said they had suffered as a result of the manual work. Justin Madders, Labour’s shadow minister for employment rights and protections, said: “These shocking revelations must be a wake-up call for ministers. The government has repeatedly failed to deliver their promised Employment Bill to tackle conditions in warehouses run like Victorian workhouses.” He said there needed to be “urgent guidance for safe indoor working temperatures.”

The Times.     The Human Times

Investigation reveals harsh conditions at Boohoo factory

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