Collection

Employers: illegal working penalties

Information to help employers prevent illegal working and understand the fines (civil penalties) they face when they employ illegal workers.

Contents

This collection includes documents about preventing illegal working and illegal working fines (also known as civil penalties) for employers. It includes:

• guidance on preventing illegal working
• codes of practice for civil penalties and avoiding discrimination
• lists of employers that have been fined
• policy for publishing employers’ details

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Guidance and codes of practice

1. Civil penalty scheme for illegal working: code of practice

   • 24 November 2014
   • Guidance

2. Avoiding discrimination while preventing illegal working: code of practice

   • 24 November 2014
   • Guidance

3. Right to work checks: an employer's guide

   • 22 December 2014
   • Guidance

4. Acceptable right to work documents: an employers guide

   • 23 May 2014
   • Guidance

5. Illegal working civil penalties: an employer's guide

   • 29 July 2014
   • Guidance

6. Carry out a right to work check: a 3 step guide

   • 16 May 2014
   • Guidance

7. Right to work checklist

   • 26 November 2014
   • Guidance

8. Avoiding civil penalties: statutory excuse checksheet

   • 23 May 2014
   • Guidance

9. Preventing illegal working: frequently asked questions

   • 16 May 2014
   • Guidance

10. Illegal working guidance for employers: Croatian nationals

    • 1 July 2013
    • Guidance

11. Employer civil penalties code of practice: Croatian nationals

    • 1 July 2013
    • Guidance

12. Preventing illegal working: guidance for employers, October 2013

    • 31 January 2014
    • Guidance

13. Preventing illegal working: code of practice, 2008

    • 16 February 2008
    • Guidance

14. Avoiding discrimination while preventing illegal working: code of practice, 2008

    • 16 May 2014
    • Guidance

Penalties

1. Illegal working penalties: quarterly totals

   • 4 December 2014
   • Guidance

2. Illegal working penalties: Wales and the south-west

   • 3 December 2014
   • Guidance

3. Illegal working penalties: London and the south-east

   • 3 December 2014
   • Guidance

4. Illegal working penalties: the Midlands and east

   • 3 December 2014
   • Guidance

5. Illegal working penalties: north-east, Yorkshire and Humberside

   • 3 December 2014
   • Guidance

6. Illegal working penalties: Scotland and Northern Ireland

   • 3 December 2014
   • Guidance

7. Illegal working penalties: north-west

   • 3 December 2014
   • Guidance

Policy

1. Illegal working penalties: policy on publishing employer details

   • 25 January 2012
   • Guidance

• Published: 22 January 2014
• Updated: 24 November 2014

+ full page history

• 24 November 2014 4:01pm: added link to new online employer checking service form
• 23 May 2014 2:00pm: New guidance added to collection
• 23 May 2014 10:24am: Added Statutory Excuse Checksheet
• 22 January 2014 12:00am: First published.

• From: UK Visas and Immigration