Know who’s on site. Know they’re approved. Know they’re compliant.
Since 1 October 2026, main contractors can be fined up to £60,000 for every illegal worker in their supply chain. Boxcore runs automated Right to Work checks and links them to CSCS cards, inductions, and facial recognition site access, in one simple workflow.
Boxcore is construction workforce compliance software. It runs automated Right to Work checks, manages CSCS cards, training and digital inductions, and controls site access with facial recognition, all in one simple workflow.
Main contractors use Boxcore to see, in real time, which workers across their supply chain are checked, trained, inducted and approved, and who is actually on site. Subcontractors use it to onboard workers once and reuse the same verified profile across projects.
Boxcore is used by main contractors, subcontractors and labour providers across the UK and Ireland, on projects from housing developments to major infrastructure.
The UK Right to Work rules changed on 1 October 2026. For construction, it’s the biggest shift in a decade.
Who must be checked has widened. The regime now covers worker contracts and individual subcontractors, not just employees. On a typical site, that means far more of your labour needs a prescribed check before starting work.
Liability now runs down the chain. Under the new extended liability rules, a business can face a civil penalty of up to £60,000 per illegal worker found in its subcontracting chain, even with no direct contract with that worker.
A contract clause isn’t enough. Saying “the subcontractor is responsible for checks” no longer protects you. You need evidence that the right checks were done, by the right party, before work began.
Getting it right protects you. Checks carried out in line with Home Office guidance give you a statutory excuse against a civil penalty. The question every main contractor now faces is simple: can you prove it, for every worker on your site?
Boxcore makes the answer yes.
For the full legal detail, read our guide: Right to Work Checks 2026: New Rules for UK Construction Subcontractors
A Right to Work check proves that a specific person can work in the UK. It doesn’t prove that person is the one who turned up today. Because Boxcore links the check to facial recognition at the gate, the worker on site is the worker who was checked. No shared IDs, no swapped workers, no buddy punching.
Most contractors use one tool for Right to Work, another for training, paper for inductions and a clipboard at the gate. Boxcore replaces all of it with a single workflow that every worker follows before they set foot on site.
One worker. One profile. One record of every check, from Right to Work to site entry.
Generic HR tools check employees. Boxcore checks everyone on your site, across every subcontractor, and controls who gets through the gate.
If site teams and subcontractors won't use it, it won't work. Boxcore is designed for frontline workers on a phone, not just office admins.
We handle setup, training and migration of your existing worker records, and help your subcontractors get started
Ensure only approved and inducted workers can gain access to site.
Only those with up-to-date CSCS, Safepass, SST, OSHA or project-specific cards can enter.
The new Right to Work rules are already in force. Every contract you sign from now on falls under them. See how Boxcore gives you one simple workflow, and the evidence to prove it, across your entire supply chain.
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Boxcore helps contractors keep every worker’s training status up to date, visible and audit-ready.
Issue digital site inductions before workers arrive on site.
Track workforce attendance, site access and labour hours in real time.
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The statutory scheme now covers people engaged under worker contracts and individual subcontractors, not just employees. A new extended liability regime also makes businesses liable for illegal workers further down their subcontracting chain.
It means a main contractor can be penalised for an illegal worker engaged by a subcontractor, even without a direct contract with that worker. Penalties can reach £60,000 per worker.
You need to be able to show that the right checks were done by the right party before work started. A clause in a subcontract is no longer enough. Boxcore gives you one record of every worker’s check across your whole supply chain.
Yes. Boxcore runs automated Right to Work checks as part of worker onboarding, and stores the result, method and date against each worker’s profile.
It’s your legal protection against a civil penalty. You get it by completing the correct prescribed check, in line with Home Office guidance, before work starts, and keeping the record.
No. A CSCS card shows a worker’s qualifications and training. It says nothing about their permission to work in the UK. You need both, and Boxcore manages both in the same workflow.
They need follow-up checks before their permission expires. Boxcore tracks expiry dates, sends reminders and can block site access if a follow-up check is missed.
It confirms that the person entering site is the same person who passed the check. That closes the gap where IDs are shared or workers are swapped.
Yes. Facial recognition attendance works on its own, or connects to turnstiles where you need physical access control.
