How To Undertake A Right To Work Check From 1 October 2022

As noted in my earlier article that can be accessed here, the temporary adjustments enabling employers to review documents electronically and check they belong to the individual presenting themselves for work will end today, on 30 September 2022. So, from 1 October 2022, how can an employer undertake a lawful right to work check to escape liability for a civil penalty by employing an individual who does not have the right to work?

Employers must do one of the following before an employee commences employment:

1. Manual right to work check

2. Right to work check using IDVT via the services of an IDSP

3. Home Office online right to work check

1. Manual right to work check