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Am I just being over careful ? I quite understand a need for employers to check these at interview but ffs having given my NI number with proof that it’s mine what value does my passport add ■■
Immigration law requires them to have proof that you have the right to live and work in the UK. A NI number on it’s own doesn’t do that. A birth certificate doesn’t either as in the UK anyone can request a copy of the birth certificate for anyone else with just their name, DOB and where they were born. If you give me those details I could apply to the registrar of the county you were born in for a copy of your birth certificate which they’d provide and even post to me. Without proof they’ve done due diligence the fine for an employer is £10,000 per person that the Border Agency find they’re employing who hasn’t the right to live and work here.
If you want paying they’ll need your bank details.
They have to have copies of your driving licence, tacho and CPC as proof they’re doing due diligence as an employer and clients may want proof you have them. Most agencies if doing the job properly will regularly want to check your DVLA record to ensure that you’ve still got a valid licence, haven’t been banned and haven’t exceeded 6 points which will prevent them sending you to pretty much any of their clients.
They do a test on drivers hours rules and highway code as a way of weeding out the incompetent. If you don’t even know the basics you shouldn’t be driving a lorry. You’d be surprised at how many don’t even know the basics.
They want history of previous work areas so they can best match you to the kind of work you have experience of. It’s much easier as an agency driver going to somewhere you’ve never been before if it’s work you’re used to than say being sent to something you’ve never done that’s a bit specialist such as tankers, hook loader skips, vehicle transporters, and you having to learn on the job/be shown how to do it for 30 seconds and then risking ■■■■■■■ it up because you won’t get any proper training. It also makes them look bad if they send someone who doesn’t look like they have a clue what they’re doing because it’s a type of work they’ve never done before.