Europe
United Kingdom
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Essential: you must conduct a proof of right to work ID check on applicants for all jobs. Checks are required in Healthcare, Government, Banking or childcare fields. For instance, 6 years of address history and employment checks are required in banking.Permitted with restrictions: It’s uncommon to conduct credit or criminal checks. Healthcare & criminal checks require the role to be in finance, government healthcare or childcare.Permitted without restrictions: It’s common to conduct employment references or education checks. Employers can conduct a credit check and a basic disclosure & barring (DBS) service check for any role.
Background check summary
Education Checks: permissible
Criminal Checks: permissible
Credit/financial checks: permissible
Address: some restrictions
Zinc's background check turnaround times
Please note these background check turnaround times are averages for the country. Actual check times may vary and depend on a number of factors including the resident country's process time as well as the candidate's document submission speed.
Financial (mins)
20
Criminal (days)
3
Media (mins)
14
Reference (days)
2
identity (mins)
140
Education (days)
5.693538703
Address (days)
2
Sanctions (mins)
25
Right-to-work rules
Rules apply for citizens as well as non-citizens working in the country
National ID Accepted?
Passport
Other passport accepted?
Any other routes (any type of citizen)
Body name
Foreign Citizens
Natural citizens: Alternative routes
Country details
Birthrate
10.71
Population
67,876,894
capital
London
GDP ($/capita)
27700
TLD
.uk
developed/developing
Developed
Currency
Pound Sterling
Net migration
2.19
Literacy(%)
99
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