Right To Work Checks: Changes For UK Employers

The Home Office has announced changes to employer right to work checks, which will come into effect on 6 April 2022.

Previously, employers could check their employee's right to work via two main methods:

• Online right to work checks for individuals with BRP cards/status under the EU Settlement Scheme, where an employer would look up the employee on the Home Office immigration database.
• Manual right to work checks, where the employer would inspect the employee's original ID and verify this in person with the individual/via video call (additionally, during the pandemic adjusted right to work checks were introduced where an employer could inspect a scan or photo of the employee's ID rather than the original documents. These adjusted right to work checks will end on 30 September 2022).