Right To Work Checks For Supplementary Employment – Mistakes To Avoid

By law all employers in the UK, without exception, have to perform right to work checks or face civil penalties.

Employers who carried out the right to work checks correctly have a statutory excuse against liability for a civil penalty if an employee is later found working for them illegally.

The procedure for the right to work checks  is specified by the Home Office in their right to work checks guidance. You need to obtain the relevant document(s) from your prospective employee that show the right to work in the UK.

From our experience we can see that many employers do not carry out the right to work at all or do not carry it out correctly. This can have serious consequences including high financial penalties and revocation of sponsor licence. Neglect and mistakes are particularly common when employing a migrant worker in supplementary employment when the migrant is already sponsored by another employer.