Tag: identity verification
DBS Checks 2025: What Employers Need to Know
DBS Checks 2025: What Employers Need to Know Carrying out the right DBS checks is vital for safer recruitment and regulatory compliance. As an employer, ensuring your staff have the correct Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks in place protects your organisation, your clients, and your reputation. From April 2025, the DBS introduced updated identity (ID) checking guidance for all
Digital ID Checks: Stay Compliant with New Verification Standards
Digital ID Checks: Stay Compliant with New Verification Standards Digital Identity Checks are transforming how UK organisations verify identity — offering faster, more secure, and fully remote validation. With Companies House identity verification becoming mandatory from November 2025, there’s never been a better time for employers to adopt Digital ID technology. At Staffvetting.com, we use Identity Verification and Validation Technology
DBS ID Checking Guidelines Have Changed – What’s New?
On 22nd April 2025, the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) introduced updated ID checking guidelines for Basic, Standard, and Enhanced checks. As a result these changes aim to simplify processes, improve security, and make the system more inclusive. These changes will be compulsory by 1st November 2025. What’s New? Clearer options for you as the ID Checker using more stringent
Digital Right to Work Checks: A New Era of Hiring
In today’s fast-paced digital world, businesses are increasingly relying on technology to streamline their operations, and HR departments are no exception. In this blog, we’ll explore the growing trend of digital Right to Work checks, how they are transforming hiring processes, and why businesses such as your organisation are adopting them. What Are Right to Work (RTW) Checks? RTW
What is BPSS Clearance and Who Needs It?
Security and trust are essential when hiring employees who will access sensitive government assets, data, or secure environments. The Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) is the foundation of all government security vetting and a mandatory requirement for individuals working with or on behalf of the UK government. BPSS is the baseline screening for higher levels of Government vetting, such as