The Crocodile HR Support makes it easy to onboard new employees and guides you through the process with careful validation and business rules to ensure that your new onboarded employee has all the correct information and documentation to work legally in the UK.

Of course, as you’d expect with our HR Support service we can answer any questions or queries you have around the right to work legislation which is applicable in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Some key points you must check when an employee commences employment at your startup:

• the documents are genuine, original and unchanged and belong to the person who has given them to you
• the dates for the applicant’s right to work in the UK have not expired
• photos are the same across all documents and look like the applicant
• dates of birth are the same across all documents
• the applicant has permission to do the type of work you’re offering (including any limit on the number of hours they can work)
• for students, you see evidence of their study and vacation times
• if 2 documents give different names, the applicant has supporting documents showing why they’re different, such as a marriage certificate or divorce decree