Employment checks
Pre-employment checks
The pre-employment checks that you are required to make and those that are advisable to make before offering a job.
AccessNI criminal records checks
The types of AccessNI checks, the information they reveal, and how to apply for them.
Ensure your workers are eligible to work in the UK
Employer responsibility to check a worker's right to work in the UK
Check if a document allows someone to work in the UK
Find out if a potential employee has the right to work in the UK and what documents employers should check.
Right to work checks: Employing EU, EEA and Swiss citizens
Information for employers on checking EU, EEA, and Swiss citizens’ right to work.
Check a job applicant's right to work: use their share code
Use a job applicant's share code to check they're eligible to work in the UK if they’re from outside the UK and Ireland.
Get your EU professional qualification recognised in the UK
How to get professional qualifications obtained in the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein recognised in the UK.
Skilled Worker visa
Visa allowing workers to come to the UK to do an eligible skilled job with an approved employer.
Scale-up Worker visa
Visa allowing workers to come to the UK to do an eligible job for a fast-growing business.
Recruiting people with conflict-related convictions
Best practice guidance for employers recruiting people with NI conflict-related convictions that took place before the Belfast Agreement/Good Friday Agreement 1998.