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The 'Right to Work' checks

Recruiting new talent is no small task, but staying compliant is just as important as finding the right person.

By law, every employer must carry out ‘Right to Work’ checks before hiring. Without proper checks, businesses could face fines of up to £60,000 or even imprisonment in serious cases.

To help you stay compliant and streamline your hiring process, our partner, uCheck, has created a comprehensive free guide to digital Right to Work checks.

Inside, you’ll find practical insight on:

  • What ‘Right to Work’ checks are and why they matter
  • The risks of manual processes
  • How digital checks can save time, reduce errors, and improve compliance
Switching from manual to digital checks doesn’t just reduce admin — it also helps protect your business.

How Citation can support BICSc members

Big changes like the ERB can be confusing, time-consuming and risky. Citation’s experts are here to take the pressure off. Their support keeps you compliant and up to date so you can focus on delivering high-quality services for clients.

With Citation, you get:

  • 24/7 HR and Health & Safety advice – expert support when you need it most
  • HR and Employment Law support – advice on everything from dismissals, grievances, disciplinaries, contracts, and policies
  • Health & Safety support – risk assessments, COSHH guidance, accident reporting, and site visits
  • Atlas – one, online hub to manage everything HR and Health & Safety
  • And so much more.

 

As a BICSc partner, you benefit from preferential member rates so it’s easier and more affordable to protect your business. Click here to find out more and don’t forget to quote ‘BICSc’ to access your discount.

Membership | Training | Standards

BICSc is the largest independent, professional, and educational body within the cleaning industry providing training and education, setting standards and procedures for cleaning. BICSc membership now stands at over 71,000 individual and corporate members in the UK and Internationally.

We are a membership organisation that strives to bring recognition of the vital role cleaning operatives play in everyone’s day-to-day life.

Whether you’re shopping, travelling, working, holidaying or recuperating, every one of these scenarios has cleaning staff striving to ensure that the environment is not only clean but also safe.

Founded over 60 years ago, BICSc key objective is to promote the value and professionalism of the cleaning industry, providing training in the key skills required to enhance a cleaning operative’s core role whilst keeping them safe and encouraging them to work in a more effective and efficient manner.

With a range of both practical and theoretical qualifications available, BICSc has something to help further the career of every cleaning professional from entry level, through to supervisor level, and up to an employer with your own business tendering for cleaning contracts.

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