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Advice for employers carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus pandemic.
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Find out about the compliance checks process and the help you or your client (if you're a tax agent) can get, during and after the checks.
A collection of guidance to help landlords, homeowners and letting agents carry out correct right to rent checks and avoid civil penalties.
Guidance for banks and building societies on carrying out immigration status checks on current account holders and applicants.
Checks you should carry out every time you tow a trailer, caravan or horsebox with a car, to make sure you're towing safely and legally.
Tells HM Passport Office staff how to check a person’s signature is genuine if we do not hold a record of their signature on main index.
Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks
What checks are needed for a rematch.
Find out if someone can rent your private residential property in England.
Find out how we'll check you're complying with your SFI agreement.
A collection of guidance and policy documents relating to the submission of basic checks, for Responsible Organisations.
Your responsibilities to check equipment for fluorinated gas (F gas) leaks.
How often you must get equipment checked for leaks if it contains hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) - a type of ozone-depleting substance (ODS).
Attorney General's jury vetting guidelines on when to use of right of stand by and what procedure to follow.
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor.
This measure abolishes receipt checking by employers when they reimburse benchmark scale rate, overseas scale rates, or qualifying expenses incurred travelling to work.
How and when to check the identity of someone who is using your service.
A collection of factsheets, updated guidelines and news stories related to DBS and coronavirus.
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