Employers can minimise the risk of hiring candidates that are ineligible to work in the UK by using agencies, according to recruiters. Attorney General Baroness Scotland was fined £5,000 last week for employing a housekeeper who was not legally allowed to work in the UK. The UK Border Agency said Baroness Scotland had taken the necessary steps to check Tongan Loloahi Tapui’s right to work but had not retained a copy of documents, as required by law. Luc Fountain, managing director at commercial recruiter Liberty Resourcing, told Recruiter: “It really is a silly mistake to make because everyone that wants to work brings their passport now. It takes no effort to take a passport and keep a photocopy on the person’s file. It is standard procedure.”