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Right to Work Checks From January 2021 the points-based immigration system has been implemented. UK employers have incorporated the proposed practices so all future recruitments are made according to the Government’s Right to Work plan. Learn more on our last blog post.

What is digital Identity and key components of digital ID systems? What is a digital ID system and which are its components? In our last blog post we talk about the role of digital identity and digital ID systems in today's world, and how they are related to each other and to the management of any organisation. Identity is a difficult concept with various meanings. For our purposes, an identity is a combination of attributes that belong to an individual. One attribute may not be enough to differentiate one person from another, however, a combination of characteristics can be a real game changer. Identity is often referred as official identity of an individual, which is different from the social identity of an individual which can not be used for regulated purposes. What is digital identity? Read the full blog on our website.

Current market trends in online document verification solutions Complygate’s Online Document Verification solution uses AI and machine learning tools along with robust document verification processes in order to not only verify documents with the person’s photo and built-in security features, but also documents such as electricity or gas bills, bank statements, etc. Over the years, proof of address (PoA) fraud has become a serious challenge for financial institutions and other businesses, COVID-19 has accelerated the fraud related to the address proof doctoring. These documents can be easily altered as they lack basic security features and there are many occasions when a temporary address was submitted to imitate the permanent address. These are few of the reasons why banks and government need proof of address (PoA) and needs to ascertain their authenticity: To prove address and verify identity know your customer (KYC) requirements To comply with ‘The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financ...

Key Core HR Competencies for Future Core HR Human Resource functions are constantly reinventing themselves with time through new visions, strategies, processes, technologies and systems. However, sustenance of transformation of the human resource functions requires the HR professionals to develop and implement a new set of competencies required to fulfil the transforming roles and responsibilities. Depending on the factors which are most likely to influence the future of HR, experts propose a competency model which encompasses both generic and specific HR competencies for general and specialised roles and businesses, respectively. Core HR is a blanket term that constitutes the basic functions of an HR department. Core HR functions include recruitment, payroll, administration, training, compliance etc. Alternately, core HR also encompasses Human Capital Management. Core HR also includes personnel information for candidate employment and administration as well as organizational data. The...

  Managing Zoom Fatigue Video calls are often understood to be exhausting and draining. Upon pondering, the reason understood to be behind this happens, in part, to be the consistent focus that we put on official video conversations while absorbing information from team members and managers. These calls also require the participants to stare directly at their screens for extended periods of time without doing anything such as blinking or mental breaks, and this causes fatigue. This is much more common than what one would think at first. Team members feel more exhausted at the end of a long workday characterised by extended video calls. Unsurprisingly, the malapropism “Zoom fatigue” has kept on popping up on social media and other communication mediums during the last few months. Read more on our blog post.

  What are the benefits of digital id and identity verification systems? Online ID and identity verification systems have many advantages, such as reducing the weaknesses in human control measures, user friendly experience, decrease of costs, transaction monitoring, and much more. According to Capgemini and BNP Paribas - World payments report (2018) Digital payments are growing at an estimated 12.7% annually, and further forecasts suggest that it may reach 726 billion transactions annually by 2020. An estimated 60% of world GDP will be digitalised by 2022. For Complygate who is leading the online digital id and identity verification process, the growth in digital economy requires a better understanding of how individuals and firms are being identified and verified in the world of digital financial marketplace. An understanding of how Complygate digital identity and id verification system works is essential for financial firms to apply the risk-based approach recommended by The Fina...

  What is online ID and Identity Verification? Nowadays identity theft prevention policies are a must-have for any company. Performing ID and Identity verification checks is something that shouldn’t be neglected. The most efficient way to do so is by using a robust online solution. Learn more about what online ID and Identity Verification is here .

  What is Money Laundering? Money laundering is the illegal process of “cleaning” criminally obtained money in order to reintroduce the laundered funds into the legitimate economy. Many organisations find themselves involved in money laundering operations because of poor or weak controls. Learn more about it here.

  Components of an AML Compliance Program Which are the key aspects of an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance program? Incorporating new measures and features to a company’s security controls and policies is a difficult yet very important task to do in order to ensure compliance. Check out which are the key components to consider on our last blog post. Read more here.

Hiring a Pre-employment Screening Company Learn about the importance of counting with a robust Pre-Employment Screening solution for your company, and what are the key features that you should look for before you make any choices. Major global job markets have largely become candidate-driven. Major impetus is on the candidates and employees who are given a number of choices for various organizational roles at hand. With this immense ecosystem churning up the critical needs for the right resources, employers and headhunters feel the immense need to attract the best and right talents. This has made its imperative to conduct pre-employent screening checks for prospective candidates to prevent falsified profiles and other possibilities to creep into the system and thus harm the economy in a number of ways. What Pre-employment screening service does your company use at the moment? We’re reading you! https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/hiring-a-pre-employment-screening-company

Conducting Reference Checks for Prospective Candidate Reference checks are conducted during the Pre-Employment Background Checks of the aspiring candidates to a job offer in order to understand the candidate’s Work Capabilities from previous employers. Acing interviews does not mean candidates make the cut for designated roles in organizations yet. Integrity and compatibility of a candidate are very important character traits, a great deal of which can be learned from previous employers by making and obtaining reference checks. Find out how and why to perform reference checks for prospective candidates on this blog post.

Top 15 Advantages of a Centralised Background Screening Online Portal The key to Background Screening is for the program to be Centrally Managed, mitigating risks, augmenting and strengthening compliance, and providing a seamless and a robust end-user experience. The job markets associated with major economies of the world have greatly become candidate-driven wherein job seekers are provided many choices for skilled roles. This further requires the employers to find new ways to ensure and maintain better candidate experience and employer brand, which can ensure attracting best and right talents. Simultaneously, background checks of candidates are extremely important to prevent fabricated falsifications and memberships and any other possibilities which can lead to harmful consequences for the economy. You can find out about the 15 Advantages of a Centralised Background Screening Online Portal on this blog post.

  Pre-employment Screening with Complygate HR Software We know that the whole pre-employment Screening process and its importance can get a bit confusing.  We clarify all your doubts on this blog post. Learn more about the importance of compliance and how our HR and Compliance Solutions can help your business. Pre-employment screening and background verification is an indispensable aspect of the hiring process. Any organization looking to effectively increase the workforce needs to exhaustively ensure that the candidates they’re screening for possible roles or job openings are legitimate employees with clean professional records by making necessary pre-employment checks and criminal record checks against all those considered for relevant jobs. Pre-employment checks, including the total number of checks, generally depend upon on the hiring organization based upon their own laws, and sometimes as per the government regulations. As a sound understanding of various practical scena...

  Sanctions and PEP screening processes for an efficient KYC As an organization, if you engage in any transactions with customers who appear on any of the PEPs and sanction lists it may lead to significant fines. Do you have any checking system to avoid #compliance failure? Learn more about Sanctions and PEP Screening Processes for an efficient KYC on this blog post.

Managing Pre-employment Checks Do you know about the different pre-employment checks that you can make in order to get to know who is your potential employee? Before hiring and putting him / her on the job, the employer wishes to carry out a certain number of checks on the new employee. These checks depend on the type of organization where the applicant is applying to work on a specific role. A careful and thorough knowledge of various pre-employment checks are required before shortlisting the right candidate. Keep reading here.

Carrying out Right to Work checks during Covid-19 Crisis Even in Covid-19 times it is required for the Right To Work Checks to be continued in order to maintain compliance in accordance with the UKVI policy. Did you know about the temporary adjustments to the current situation that allow video calls, scanned documents and more on the process? Continue reading here: https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/carrying-out-right-to-work-checks-during-covid-19-crisis

  The UK's new points-based system: What it means for businesses and much more Free movement of people will end from 01 January 2021 and UK will introduce points-based system (PBS). A lot of immigration categories withing the UK are already points-based system. So how is this different? The new points-based system is part of a wider multi-year plan of change, led by whitehall which will transform the operation of the UKVI. Who is UKVI? UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) is responsible for making millions of decisions every year about who has rights to visit or stay in the UK, with a firm emphasis on national security. This includes considering applications for British citizenship from overseas nationals who wish to settle here permanently; running the UK’s asylum service offering protection to those eligible under the 1951 Geneva Convention; deciding on applications from employers and educational establishments who want to join the register of sponsors; managing appeals from unsucce...

  What you missed: Latest in the UK Migration Number of non-EU Workers surpasses that of EU Workers Modern immigration started in the UK after the end of World War II. The British Nationality Act, enacted in 1948, allowed the existing subjects of Europe and the Commonwealth States to live and work in the UK without a visa; migration was initially sought only to fill the gaps in labour shortages and facilitation of mass migration was never intended. Migration was generally motivated by economic prospects and rose from 3,000 persons per year in 1953 to 136,400 persons per year in 1961. A Cabinet committee was formed in 1950 to find ways to check immigration.   According to a report published by the University of Oxford’s Migration Observatory, the number of non-EU workers has spiked up recently, overtaking that of EU workers for the first time since 2006. Earlier, EU migrant workers numbered two-thirds of the total UK migrant worker population. The introduction of UK’s points-ba...

  Tier 2 Sponsor: Preparing for Home Office Compliance Visits The frequency of compliance visits to holders of Tier 2 sponsor licences are steadily rising. It is imperative that the employers have their organizational records to ensure renewal of their licence – which can otherwise be suspended or revoked altogether. In this instalment of the Tier 2 Sponsor Licence Holder Compliance, we bring to you the essential aspects of preparation for Home Office Compliance visits. A notification of the impending compliance visit is bound to make any Tier 2 sponsor licence holder nervous. Therefore, to make the visit a success and ensure licence renewal the employer needs to work consistently and get his HR systems and documents in place. In view of its requirements, the Home Office outsources a part of its role of monitoring immigration compliance to companies applying for sponsor licences. thus, retaining a duty to ensure that they fulfil their responsibilities including compliance checks. T...

The impact of # Brexit on the UK’s Immigration system remains to be seen. The UK has a long tradition of being a stable parliamentary democracy that nurtures a stable base for families from all over the world. UK will continue to be an attractive immigration option for individuals who are able to contribute to the UK’s economy. The UK has a visa regime in place for individuals outside European Economic Area (EEA) who wish to reside in the UK. The most common visa is the UK-based employer sponsored visa. This is known as Tier 2 Sponsor visa. In order to sponsor an immigrant, companies need to have Tier 2 Sponsor license from the # UKVI . UK’s immigration policy toward societal multiculturalism appears central to comfort that new immigrant experience. The UK Home Office places significant trust on sponsors. With this trust comes a massive responsibility to act in accordance with the UK immigration rules and regulations. In the last quarter of 2017 alone, the Home Office issued ...