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Temporary Recruitment: Compliance

4 September 2026

Temporary Recruitment: Compliance

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When using a recruitment agency compliance is looked after by the agency. There are government guidelines that we follow and then, here at


The ONE Group

, we carry out a few more checks. 


Legal Compliance;

  • Right-to-work documentation; Passport / VISA / Birth Certificate / NI Number / Driving license

  • Registration form allowing us to represent the candidate


The ONE Group Compliance;

  • Right-to-work documentation; Passport / VISA / Birth Certificate / NI Number / Driving license (seen within 6 months)

  • Registration form allowing us to represent the candidate (seen within 6 months)

  • 2 years’ worth of references

  • Gaps in employment verified by Self-Certification

Recruitment compliance is essential to ensure best practice within the industry, as per the
REC guidelines

, with our temporary workforce we check that all candidates eligible for temporary placements have the right to work in the UK. 

Meaning as a business, you know all candidates possess the RTW and references are always up-to-date so there are no added risks to you as a client. With our candidates’ permission, we can provide copies of this, or, ask our candidates to bring along their documents on their first day.

We check and take extensive copies of all Right to Work (RTW) documents when we first meet our candidates and request all candidates complete a registration form that includes references from the last two years of work history. 

At
The ONE Group

, we do not and would never place a candidate in a new role unless we have their up-to-date RTW documents and we always endeavour to have referenced them successfully, if we are awaiting references to come back we will always let you know. This process is followed, and updated, for candidates moving between assignments. 

If you would like to check the Right to Work laws and make sure your company is covered, you can do so 
here

. 

Alternatively, if you require a temporary placement please do not hesitate to get in touch.

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THE ONE GROUP

Where we're from,
and how we got here

Twenty years of specialist recruitment in the East – and a lot of small decisions that added up.

TOG started in Peterborough in 2004 with a small team and a simple idea: that recruitment is a people business, done best by specialists who stay in their sector long enough to know it properly.

More than two decades on, we've grown into four offices across the East of England and Home Counties. We recruit for finance leaders, HR directors, engineering managers, tech founders, scientists, and the commercial teams that keep businesses running day to day. Between us, we've built up over 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of more than 150,000 candidates we've placed, coached, or come to know across two decades in the region.

The founding principle hasn't changed. Recruitment as it should be.

OUR STORY

Key events timeline

2004

Doors open in Peterborough.

Our first office launches with a team of six on Lynch Wood. Cambridge follows the same year, giving us two offices before our first anniversary.

2015

Northampton makes it three.

Our third office opens with a team of five, quickly growing to eleven consultants covering the wider Midlands region.

2017

Peterborough moves across the road.

The team has outgrown the founding office. We move into Arena House on Lynch Wood, big enough for a growing consultant base and the back-office team that supports the whole group.

2018

Cambridge moves too.

Our second office relocates to Cambourne Business Park, giving the growing Cambridge team the space it now needs.

2023

Four offices, three counties, one very good year.

The Hertfordshire & Essex office opens in Potters Bar, extending our footprint into the Home Counties.

In the same year, we're named Business of the Year in Northamptonshire, and Employer of the Year in both Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire at the regional SME Business Awards. Three counties, three panels.

TODAY

Still growing.

Four offices, more than 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of over 150,000 candidates.

Same founding principle.

SPECIALISTS BY DESIGN

What we do

We're specialists, not generalists. Every consultant at TOG focuses on one sector and stays in it. Not because it's the only way to do recruitment, but because it's how you build the depth to spot the difference between a strong CV and a strong hire.

It's also why so many of our clients come back to us years, even decades, after a first placement.

01
Accountancy & Finance
→
 02
Human Resources
→
 03
Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
→
 04
Technology
→
 05
Engineering & Manufacturing
→
 06
Scientific
→
 07
Sales, Marketing & Creative
→
 08
Executive Search
Across all of the above
→

Beyond the recruitment itself, we produce annual salary guides, regional market reports, and the practical resources our clients and candidates turn to when they want a clearer view of what's happening in their sector.

THE WAY WE WORK

How we work

Four principles show up in every conversation and every process.
01

Be curious.

We stay interested in the market we work in, and in the people who work in it.

02

Keep it human.

We remember your kids' names and know how you take your coffee. That's just how we work here.

03

Make a difference.

We're here to help people build careers they love and businesses they're proud of.

04

Enjoy the ride.

Recruitment is a career, but it should be fun too. If it isn't, we've done something wrong.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

Recruitment
as it should be.

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