Right to Work Checks – reminder of changes from 1 October

By Aida Geragusian on October 5, 2022 Posted in General, UK

During the pandemic, the Home Office relaxed the requirement for employers to see physical documents as part of manual right to work checks, permitting the checks to be conducted via a video call with the document holder in possession of their original document and the employer holding a scanned copy. Following a series of extensions, … Continue reading

All Change for Right to Work Checks

By Aida Geragusian on February 28, 2022 Posted in General, UK

The Home Office has released updated guidance on right to work checks, to reflect changes which are due to come into effect, from 6 April 2022. Rights to work checks From 6 April, employers will no longer be able to carry out manual right to work checks for employees/candidates who are biometric card holders. Instead … Continue reading

Right to work checks: Extension of the COVID-19 concession to 20 June 2021 – now extended to 31 August 2021

By Lauren Pullen-Stanley (UK) and Aida Geragusian on May 12, 2021 Posted in Coronavirus, UK

In order to obtain a statutory defence against illegal working, employers should check the right to work of all employees’ original documents in person on or before their employment commences. In the absence of a correct check and in the event that an illegal working issue arises, this will assist the employer in avoiding civil … Continue reading