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  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...

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.

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.

  Using AI-based Tools for ID Verification Identity theft cases (worldwide and in the UK) have augmented in the last few years, especially in the eCommerce sector, where payment methods are involved. This is why ID verification is such a crucial part of companies nowadays. Using AI-powered solutions in the process - in conjunction with human intelligence - increases the businesses’ chances to process information intelligently and prevent being scammed. Learn more here:  https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/using-ai-based-tools-for-ID-verification

  RIGHT TO WORK CHECKS – GEARING UP FOR CHANGES UP AHEAD During the Covid19 pandemic the UK Visas & Immigration amended the Temporary Right To Work checks , and from January 01 a Points Based immigration system will be implemented in the UK, and will be applicable both to EU and non-EU citizens. Be prepared for the changes to come. Learn more about it in this blog post on our website.  https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/right-to-work-checks-gearing-up-for-changes-up-ahead

  Online Identity Verification – Avoiding Common but Serious Mistakes While Picking a Solution Effective online identity verification reduces fraud, compliance risk and abandonment rates for your company. Make sure that you avoid these common but serious mistakes while picking your online ID verification solution. Read more here:  https://www.complygate.co.uk/blog/online-identity-verification%E2%80%93avoiding-common-but-serious-mistakes-while-picking-a-solution

  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...

  Right to work checks, Immigration Control, Documents which are not acceptable for providing a right to work and employing workers from European Economic Area (EEA) FAQs about the illegal working civil penalty scheme, Right to work checks, Immigration Control, Documents which are not acceptable for providing a right to work and employing workers from European Economic Area (EEA)? Introduction Employer may be liable for a civil penalty if they employ someone who does not have the right to work in the UK under Section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 (‘’The Act’’). Employers have a duty to prevent illegal working by people who are subject to immigration control. If an employer fails to comply, they may face a financial penalty (civil penalty) and in some cases, prosecution. Employers can be sent to jail for 5 years and pay an unlimited fine if they are found guilty of employing someone who did not have the right to work in the UK. Right to work checks Q1. Why d...