What changed
The rules moved up the chain
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Before: you were responsible for checking your own employees.
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Now: you can be fined for workers supplied by subcontractors, their subcontractors, agencies and online platforms, including stand-ins sent in someone's place.
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The fine: up to £45,000 per worker for a first breach, and £60,000 for a repeat. Directors who knew, or had reasonable cause to believe, can face prosecution.
£45k
Initial fine per worker
1 Oct 2026
Rules now in force
£60k
Repeat breach penalty
Every tier
Liability covers your whole chain
What protects you
Your defence has to be in place before work starts
The law gives you a defence, called a statutory excuse, only if three things are already in place before anyone starts work
The right contract terms
with every supplier, passed down the chain
Controls on substitutes
so no stand-in starts until they've been checked
Identity matching on site
On-site identity matching, carried out through the client’s certified ID-check provider.
Evidence file
Audit-ready evidence file
Most businesses didn't need these before 1 October. That's the gap we close.
Services
Statutory Excuse Build
A practical framework to help establish your statutory excuse, with the right evidence in place before anyone starts work. Bespoke builds including; solicitor-approved contract clauses, substitution controls, ID checking with a certified provider, policy, manager training and an audit-ready evidence file starting from £6,500.
How we help
Fixed fees, agreed up front. Start with a Readiness Check, then put the fixes in place with our help.
Readiness Check
A comprehensive initial assessment to map your current compliance landscape and identify critical gaps. £1,950 fixed fee for a full strategic report.
Ongoing Compliance
Ongoing UK compliance support and periodic reviews to help keep your evidence ready. Monthly retainers available from £750 per month.
Sectors
Construction & facilities
We work with businesses that rely on subcontractors, agency workers or self-employed people, typically with 50–500 staff.
Multi-tier subcontractor chains on site
Logistics & delivery
Self-employed couriers and the substitutes they send
Recruitment & labour supply
Agency workers, where clients now ask for right-to-work guarantees
The path to readiness.
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15-minute call
We find out how people come to work for you.
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Readiness Check
You see exactly where you’re exposed, within a week.
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System Build
We help you build practical UK right-to-work controls and clear evidence workflows.
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Stay Covered
Ongoing UK support and proactive reviews to help keep your evidence ready.
About
About ClearChain Compliance
ClearChain Compliance helps UK businesses prove their supply chains are right-to-work compliant. We focus on one thing: putting the contract terms, controls and evidence in place that give you a legal defence across every tier of your supply chain.
How we work
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Fixed fees, agreed up front. No hourly billing, no surprises.
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Practical, not theoretical. We set things up with your team and leave you with a working system and evidence you can use.
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Security built in. Right-to-work records include passports and other sensitive data, so we apply information security standards to everything we do.
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Clear about our limits. We’re not lawyers and we don’t advise on individuals’ immigration status; we work alongside solicitors and certified ID-check providers who do.
Led by Etana Strength, ISO 27001:2022 Lead Implementer and UK GDPR Practitioner, with 15+ years of running businesses.
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