A right to work check must be properly conducted before an employee starts working for you. However, although this check may undertaken correctly, there are two traps which can potentially invalidate
it. What do you need to know?
Published 22.09.2022
Employers must carry out right to work checks on prospective employees before employment begins. To help make this process easier during the coronavirus outbreak, some temporary changes have been
made. What’s happened?
Published 21.04.2020
The civil penalty for employing an illegal worker is £20,000 per person. Therefore, you must check that someone has the legal right to work in the UK before employment commences. But how can you be
sure this is the case?
Published 24.02.2015
On 17 May 2021 the temporary flexibility over right to work checks will end. Does this mean you must carry out retrospective checks of original documents?
Published 12.05.2021
The Attorney General has been left red-faced after it was revealed she’s been employing a worker illegally. That’s not all - she’s been slapped with a £5,000 fine! Even with all her legal
qualifications how did she get the law so wrong?
Published 06.10.2009
From 28 January 2019 it will be much easier to check right to work status in certain situations by using the Home Office’s Right to Work Checking Service. When can it be used?
Published 15.01.2019
From 6 April 2022 employers will no longer be permitted to carry out manual right to work checks for any non-British nationals that they wish to employ. How will right to work checks need to be
conducted?
Published 01.02.2022
Physical right to work checks had previously been due to resume on 21 June 2021. However, the Home Office has delayed them again. What are the new compliance dates?
Published 01.07.2021
If you unknowingly employ an illegal worker, i.e. a person who does not have the right to work in the UK, you now face a £20,000 penalty per employee. How can this be avoided?
Published 28.04.2014