Staff every shift.
Stay on the right side of the law.
WorkHive is a compliant work marketplace & trust layer in development. The plan: post shifts, get matched with vetted workers, and run temporary staffing end-to-end - with National Minimum Wage, Right to Work, and fair matching built in, not bolted on.
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Compliance isn't a feature. It's the foundation.
By design, every shift will run through statutory gates before a single worker sees it. The platform is built to act as an employment business - carrying employer-of-record liability, deducting tax and National Insurance depending on the engagement model.
National Minimum Wage floor
Pay rates must meet or exceed the NMW for the region. Cost previews, surge uplifts and negotiations can never push pay below it.
NMW · enforcedRight to Work checks
Statutory compliance gates - Right to Work and Health & Safety induction - filter out non-compliant workers before matching even begins.
RTW · H&SAWR & Conduct Regs aware
Hire permanently through WorkHive to stay compliant with Conduct Regulations 2003 (Reg 10) and Agency Workers Regulations 2010 equal-treatment rights.
CR2003 · AWR2010Objective matching only
Ranking uses skills, distance, the Local Index Score and compliance - never protected characteristics like race or gender.
fair · auditableFilter. Rank. Offer & cascade.
WorkHive's matching engine is designed to do in seconds what a desk takes all day to do - the same way, every time, on objective criteria.
Remove anyone who can't legally work it
Workers who fail compliance (Right to Work, H&S) or fall outside the search radius are removed before ranking. Restrictions - no nights, 18+, no lone working, no heavy lifting - exclude the rest.
Score the rest, transparently
Remaining workers are ranked by three weighted signals - visible, explainable, and identical for every shift.
One WhatsApp offer, then a 15-minute clock
The top candidate gets a WhatsApp offer. If they don't respond within 15 minutes, it cascades automatically to the next-ranked worker - until the shift is filled.
A two-way reputation system. Workers grade you too.
The Local Index Score (LIS) is a planned advisory trust metric built from worker feedback after shifts. It will rank employers into tiers - and feed into your future matches.
Four weighted signals, each starting at 50
Every signal starts at 50 points and climbs as workers rate you. No feedback yet? You're anchored at a neutral 50 and flagged "New".
The LIS is advisory and never makes automated decisions on its own.
Every tool the shift desk needs.
The planned console: from posting a compliant shift to approving timesheets and converting a great temp to permanent - one console, one audit trail. Here's what we're building.
Employer dashboard
Open / filled shifts, candidates matched and illustrative spend at a glance - plus shifts needing attention, timesheets to approve, interviews, favourite workers and reviews.
Post a shift
Sector & role, NMW-checked pay with an all-in cost preview, required skills, compliance gates, restrictions, schedule, candidate tiers and boosts. Then click Post shift & run match.
Surge pricing
Fill peak shifts faster with an employer-funded uplift on top of pay. A supply/demand board suggests multipliers (e.g. surge ×2.0). Additive only - never reduces pay, always above NMW.
Find workers
Filter the candidate pool by sector, skills (all must match), minimum LIS tier and quick filters. Cards show LIS, tier badge, verification, skills, location and availability.
Worker pools
Shortlists of favourite, vetted workers you reuse across shifts - "Weekend warehouse crew" and the like. Pools never bypass fair matching; the engine still ranks every candidate.
Planning board
Visualise coverage for the next 14 days. Coverage %, open gaps and a day-by-day calendar that highlights thin days and offers quick actions to fill or repeat a shift.
Interviews
Schedule short interviews for skilled or professional roles. Paste your own Teams, Zoom or Meet link - the candidate joins from their portal. No video hosting lock-in.
Negotiations
Workers can propose a different rate for an open shift. Accept, counter or decline - WorkHive never agrees on your behalf, and no rate can drop below the NMW floor.
Hire permanently
Convert a great temp to permanent through WorkHive - never around it. Off-platform hiring breaches terms and loses masked contact details. Transparent conversion fee, no surprises.
Post to permanent, one audit trail.
Post
Compliant shift & run match
Match
Filter · rank · cascade
Book
Name revealed, GDPR-safe
Work
Shift completed, rated
Timesheet
Approve · or auto in 24h
Rebook / Perm
Pool, repeat or convert
Ranking uses only objective criteria - skills, distance, the Local Index Score and compliance. Protected characteristics are never used.
That's not a promise. It's how the engine is wired.
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Pay floor, enforced.
Cost previews, surge and negotiations can never drop pay below the National Minimum Wage.
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Liability, carried.
As an employment business, WorkHive or its umbrella carries employer-of-record liability and deducts tax & National Insurance.
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Hire through, not around.
Permanent conversion via WorkHive keeps you compliant with Conduct Regulations & AWR - and prevents off-platform poaching.
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Privacy by default.
Worker names stay masked until a booking is made - GDPR-compliant, every shift.
Staff every shift. We'll handle the law.
Compliant matching, a trust score that earns better workers, and the whole temporary-staffing lifecycle - from a single console. That's what WorkHive is being built to deliver.