Razors Barber Shop hit with £15,000 illegal working penalty

Razors Barber Shop in Whippendell Road, at the junction with Durban Road West, was included in a government list of businesses facing (civil) illegal working penalties in the Midlands and East of England region, published yesterday (August 31).

Azad Hussain Shah is listed as the liable party and chose not to comment on the penalty when approached by the Watford Observer.

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According to the government website: “Employers have a legal duty to prevent illegal working by ensuring that those they employ have the requisite right to work in the UK.

Razors Barber Shop (Image: Google Street View)

“An employer who does not carry out proper checks before employing someone whose immigration status does not entitle them to undertake the work in question, may be liable for a civil penalty.

“An employer who knowingly employs someone without the correct immigration status may be committing a criminal offence.”

All businesses included in yesterday’s list faced civil rather than criminal action.