Right to work checks - employer guide
How and when employers check right to work.
Official source →United Kingdom
Every worker cleared, every statement backed.
For groups with plants, warehouses and sites in the United Kingdom.
Teamnet checks right to work before the first shift, pay against the National Minimum Wage, and keeps the evidence your Modern Slavery Act statement rests on.
Warehouse Midlands - 380 peopleRight to work checks current
CheckedAgency crews - 3 firmsPay checked against the minimum wage
CheckedWorker - 1Right to work expires in 30 days
Reminder sentThe real problem
The checks are yours, even for agency crews.
Right to work checks must be made before work starts and repeated when permission runs out. Agency and contractor crews blur who checked whom.
Right to workChecked before day one and again before expiry.
Minimum wageRates change every April.
Modern slaveryA yearly statement on your business and supply chain.
Agency crewsChecks spread across firms.
What Teamnet does in United Kingdom
Right to work, pay and evidence, read every month.
One record for employees, agency and contractor crews.
- Right to work checked before the first shift, with each expiry flagged
- Pay checked against the National Minimum Wage on hours worked
- Hours and rest checked against the Working Time Regulations
- Supplier and crew evidence kept for your Modern Slavery Act statement
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What changes
Compliance, HR and operations see the same facts.
- Team
- HRRight to work and expiries in one view.
- OperationsOnly cleared workers at the gate.
- PayrollMinimum wage checked before approval.
- Group complianceThe Modern Slavery Act statement backed by monthly evidence.
The law
The laws you answer to in the UK.
Each law named, with its official source.
Modern Slavery Act 2015
Transparency in supply chains statement.
Official source →National Minimum Wage and National Living Wage
Current rates by age.
Official source →Working Time Regulations 1998
Working hours, breaks and holiday.
Official source →If it goes wrong
The penalty clock: minimum wage underpayment.
What the law does, step by step, if it is missed. Teamnet flags each step before its date, for your own staff and every contractor.
- On inspectionArrears must be repaid immediately, plus a fine; offenders may be publicly named. Official source
- Per workerPenalty up to 200 per cent of arrears, capped at 20,000 pounds per worker. Official source
- Within 14 days of noticePenalty halved if you meet the notice terms within 14 days. Official source
- Still unpaidHMRC can take the employer to court for the worker. Official source
- Serious casesHMRC can seek a criminal prosecution. Official source
Enforced by HMRC, on behalf of the Fair Work Agency. Sources checked 11 November 2026. Not legal advice.
Standards
The standards your customers and group ask about.
- ILO core labour standards: no forced or child labour, freedom of association, no discrimination
- UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
- OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct
- ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety
Teamnet is the tool your compliance, operations and audit teams work in, so nothing is missed. Your auditors and certifiers keep their own role.
Sources last checked: 11 November 2026. Every official source linked on this page was opened on that date. Not legal advice: the law and the authority decide; read the official source and take advice for your own case.
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