Company needs paperwork, anyone heard of this?

[Kitten]

I thought she'd be ok as long as she's not doing deliveries or transporting staff? That's what mine was when I was tutoring.

[semi-pro waster]

It's normal as has been said, whether it is warranted is another matter entirely. One of my objections to things like this is that it's not done in any particularly logical way, for my present job as an example I had to provide this information for the security clearance, I used an out of date passport since it was what I had to hand (and hadn't bothered renewing it) and told them so - months later they requested my birth certificate, now there was no dispute that my passport had been genuine and since I used my birth certificate as a 'seed document' for the passport it's an entirely redundant security check.

But it's a hoop that had to be passed through so it was easier to do it than argue the toss about it.

[Feek]

Looks like we have no choice in the matter. I don't mind these things providing we're told why, but no details were forthcoming.

[Lopez]

Originally Posted by Rich_L

It's the one that Baroness Scotland fell foul of.

It's the Immigration Act 2006 which puts a duty on the employer to verify that their employees have the right to work in the UK, usually done by a copy of your passport, NI card, birth certificate etc.

Yep, we had to all do it a few months ago, and our employer didn't communicate it brilliantly either.
It pretty much said "You must give us this stuff now or we'll have to fire you as you can't prove your eligibility to work in the UK" in not so many words.

[Feek]

Originally Posted by Lopez

Yep, we had to all do it a few months ago, and our employer didn't communicate it brilliantly either.
It pretty much said "You must give us this stuff now or we'll have to fire you as you can't prove your eligibility to work in the UK" in not so many words.

She didn't even get that, there was a message left on our answering machine that simply said "You must give us this stuff by the end of the year or you'll be fired and we'll be fined".

[Knipples]

Originally Posted by Wryel

You'd have to change your car insurance for that too. If you had an accident doing an errand for work you wouldn't be covered if you had only put social and commuting down.

Yup, had business cover on my insurance due to my last job so I just carried it on.