Our internal compliance department ensures we operate fully in line with Employment Law, giving you complete peace of mind. We handle the complexities of compliance so you don’t have to. By staying ahead of legislative changes and ensuring every placement meets legal standards, we provide a hassle-free and risk-free recruitment process.
Partnering with us means more than just filling vacancies – we ensure your hiring process is seamless, compliant and aligned with your business needs:
- Peace of Mind
- Efficiency
- Candidate Assurance
- Risk Management
- Trust
- Consistency
- Reduced Liability
- Conflict Resolution
Meet the Team
Monthly Audits
- Monitoring candidates working on a visa to ensure that they haven’t expired
- Ensuring the process for permanent placements has been followed correctly
- Modern Slavery Audit for any candidates sharing an address
- FLT Verification Check to ensure licenses are in date, valid and verified with the training provider
- Spot Checks on recently registered candidate’s RTW and Compliance
- Young Worker Checks on any candidates under the age of 18
- A full, in-depth audit of each branch
- Ensuring candidates who haven’t worked within the last 6 weeks have received their P45
Weekly Audits
- Ensuring that new client records are set up correctly
- Chasing candidates who may be getting paid by manual cheque short term and ensuring they are working towards getting their own bank account open
- Checking that only workers who have opted out of the 48 hour working week are working over 48 hours
- We manually delete candidate records after 2 years of inactivity to comply with GDPR
An estimated 136,000 are in modern slavery in the UK
An estimated 50 million people are in modern slavery around the world
Around 1 in 150 people around the world are living in modern slavery
Anti-Slavery
During Anti-Slavery Week, in October each year, we spread awareness about the shocking reality of modern slavery globally and raise money to support the victims and ongoing action to eradicate slavery.
Our team visits clients and candidates, raising awareness about the signs of modern slavery and how they can help prevent exploitation and report suspicious activities. For more information on how to identify the signs of modern slavery, visit Anti-Slavery International: Spot the Signs of Slavery.
At Essential, we take this issue seriously, our compliance team plays a crucial role in safeguarding against Modern Day Slavery. They monitor for any warning signs, ask the right questions, audit our records and train our staff to ensure no one within our business is at risk.
As ALP members, we benefit from expert resources and support to ensure responsible recruitment and compliance with UK legislation.
Licenced by the GLAA
We’re licenced by the Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority (licence number HRES0001). This ensures that as Labour providers we meet GLAA licensing standards and protect vulnerable workers who could be at risk of exploitation.
No Umbrella’s at Essential
An umbrella company is a business often used by recruitment agencies to pay temporary workers.
In most cases, they employ workers and pay their wages through PAYE. Umbrella companies generally employ contractors who work on short-term assignments. They act as intermediaries between a contractor and their ‘end client’ or agency.
Many umbrella companies are compliant with the tax rules but some use tax avoidance schemes. The labour market enforcement bodies work together where potential fraud or other offences are identified to ensure compliance with UK law.
GLAA Head of National Partnerships and Communications Laura Thomas said: “Umbrella companies are one of the GLAA’s priority areas in driving up standards across our regulated sectors and creating a level playing field for business.” -source: gla.gov.uk.
At Essential Recruitment, we opt to process our payroll in-house, audited by our Compliance Officer to ensure peace of mind and full control.
