Recruitment law

The following minimum legal requirements must be complied with:

Equal Pay Act 1970
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
Sex Discrimination Act 1975
Race Relations Act 1976
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
Asylum and Immigration Act 1996
Fixed-term Employees (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2002
Part-time Workers (Prevention of Less Favourable Treatment) Regulations 2000
Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2002
Employment Equality (Religion or Belief) Regulations 2003
Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (2006)

Ensuring compliance

An employer should check that all new job applicants have a National Insurance number, or that their passports give valid permission for them to work in the United Kingdom.

The type of documents are detailed in two lists prescribed by the Government; List A and List B. An employer may avoid prosecution if they can show they have retained copies of these documents and they believed them to be genuine.