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https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/llms.txt
− - [How a subcontractor gets a share code](https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/share-code)+ - [How does a subcontractor get a share code?](https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/share-code): the subcontractor signs in to their UKVI account at gov.uk/prove-right-to-work (passport, national identity card or BRP number), chooses "Prove your right to work to an employer", and sends the free 9-character W code (valid 90 days; R or S codes are refused) plus their date of birth to the business before starting; British and Irish citizens use a passport instead; if no code can be made+ - [Right to work checks for labour-only subcontractors and gangs](https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/labour-only-subcontractor-right-to-work): check a labour-only subcontractor yourself before day one; with a gang boss who takes on and pays their own men, the gang boss checks them and you need a written statement of the five chain protection terms before work starts; worked bricklaying example.+ - [What is the fine for not checking a subcontractor's right to work?](https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/fine-for-not-checking-subcontractor-right-to-work): up to £45,000 per illegal worker, or up to £60,000 for a repeat breach within three years, for subcontractors taken on from 1 October 2026; £5,000 off per worker for reporting first and for co-operating, 30 per cent off for paying within 21 days on a first penalty; a correct check before day one is a statutory excuse; worked p+ - [How do I check a subcontractor's share code?](https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/check-subcontractor-share-code): enter the 9-character share code (starts with W, valid 90 days) and date of birth at gov.uk/view-right-to-work before they start, record the business name in full, check the photo matches (in person, live video call or a registered identity service provider), save a PDF of the profile page, keep it for the work plus 2 years, recheck time-limited permission on or befo+ - [Do I need to check subcontractors who started before 1 October 2026?](https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/subcontractors-who-started-before-october-2026): usually not; the final guidance (Annex C) says the rules are not retrospective and the relevant date is when the contractual arrangement is entered into, not when work starts or continues; a pre-1 October arrangement is not brought into scope just because work carries on; renewals, extensions and variations depend on their lega+ - [Do I need to check a subcontractor who works through their own limited company?](https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/limited-company-subcontractor-right-to-work): usually not if you genuinely buy a service from their company (Home Office personal service company example: client contracts with and pays the company, no check required), but there is no blanket exclusion for PSCs, contractors, freelancers or consultants; it depends on the substance and how the arrangement works in pr+ - [Right to work checks for cleaning companies using self-employed cleaners](https://subcontractor-check.nerolabs.workers.dev/cleaning-company-right-to-work-checks): yes; a cleaning company that holds the contract with a client and sends self-employed cleaners is in scope (they are individual sub-contractors under the final guidance), so it must check each cleaner before the first shift from 1 October 2026; the client buying cleaning for its own premises is usually not (Home Office Example 11, p
