Agency requesting ID for a Ltd company employee

[Eirikur]

The way I see it, it's a nice easy way to prove who you say you are and (for most of us) proof that you have a right to work.

I don't send it to anyone who asks, but if you've had an interview and the role is being firmed up into a contract, sure.

The agency are paying you so have a reasonable right to perform their own due diligence and on behalf of their clients.

^^ This

And end client also want to know (especially in the public and financial sectors) that (sub)contractors have the correct right to work. It would be bad for their image if it turns out they are (sub)-contracting to illegal immigrants

[NotAllThere]

Must have been a close run thing with 696 other posts of his.

It wouldn't be unreasonable to expand this to cover any thread at all would it?

Not unreasonable at all.

[TheFaQQer]

The agency are paying you so have a reasonable right to perform their own due diligence and on behalf of their clients.

Asking for photo ID, and citing legislation that they acknowledge does not apply, is not the best way to perform due diligence.

[newmove]

If they ask for your bank details too, please don't share it.

[Major Hassle]

If they ask for your bank details too, please don't share it.

Best avoid any financial services gigs then

[northernladuk]

And don't ever give them your address. They are passing it on to aliens who will come and take you away.

[WTFH]

Best avoid any financial services gigs then

Best avoid any gigs you get paid for.

[fidot]

If you get to the point where you feel that it is better to supply a scan, you should scan the passport in black and white, redact all numbers etc and write COPY across the photo.

This approach got me past a couple of jobsworth agents in the past. They can't really complain because you have provided a scan and they don't really know what it's for. They have a tick in their box and I am comfortable that all I have given away is a poor quality black and white image.

[LondonManc]

The end client, if in FS, will want far more than your passport. They have their own levels of operational risk measures and if you don't accept them, you don't get to the desk that you can start accruing invoicing time at. But, yeah, you stick it to the man.