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The Home Office has updated its guide on right to work (work authorization) checks for employers in the UK. Changes coming into effect this month include a less flexible approach to late applications to the EU Settlement...more
The U.K. Home Office has updated the Employer’s Guidance on Right to Work Checks on 28 February 2023. The guidance contains important information about obligations and compliance processes for UK right to work applications...more
On 6 April 2022, the Home Office updated the codes of practice on preventing illegal working. All “Right to Work” (RTW) checks must now be conducted in conformity with the updated codes. Below is a summary of the methods of...more
Starting from 6 April 2022, Biometric Residence Card (BRC), Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), and Frontier Worker Permit (FWP) holders in the United Kingdom will evidence their right to work by using the Home Office online...more
Our April update considers key employment law developments from March 2022. It includes a new case on non-compete covenants, increases to statutory pay limits, changes to right to work checks and a case looking at the...more
The UK Home Office has announced new identification document validation technology for right-to-work checks due to take effect from April 6, together with an extension of the COVID-19 temporary right-to-work check measures....more
The Home Office’s UK Visas & Immigration (UKVI) department this week confirmed upcoming changes to the way in which employers will be able to check a prospective employee’s right to work in the UK from April 6, 2022....more
On December 17, 2021 the UK Home Office announced changes to the way in which Biometric Residence Card (BRC), Biometric Residence Permit (BRP), and Frontier Worker (FWP) holders can demonstrate their right to work. Starting...more
The UK Home Office has announced that the temporary COVID-19 adjusted right-to-work checks have been extended to 5 April 2022 following the positive feedback on remote checks. ...more
The Home Office has announced an extension of the temporary adjustments which allow right to work checks to be completed with copies of documents via video conference due to COVID-19. The COVID adjusted right to work checks...more
The temporary adjustments which allowed right to work checks to be completed with copies of documents via video conference due to COVID-19 will end on August 31, 2021. Up until and including August 31, 2021 employers are...more
What should employers do to be compliant with right to work changes on 1 July? - The deadline of 30 June for EU, EEA and Swiss citizens and their families in the UK to apply to the EU Settlement Scheme has meant the Home...more
There are now less than 50 days to go until the 30 June 2021 deadline for all EU, EEA, and Swiss nationals and their family members to apply under the EU Settlement Scheme. Individuals who started living (and can prove this)...more
Update: The UK Home Office has announced that the temporary COVID-19 adjusted right-to-work checks will now end on 20 June 2021, as opposed to 17 May 2021. From 21 June 2021, employers will be required to revert to...more
The UK Home Office announced that on 17 May 2021 the COVID-19 right-to-work concession allowing employers to conduct right-to-work checks by video call will end. ...more
Australia - Travel Restrictions Extended - The Australian Border Force announced that travel restrictions impacting all travelers (with the exemption of Australian citizens, permanent residents, and their immediate family...more
As the use of automated epassport gates has been expanded for nationals of several countries, UK employers should be aware of recent immigration developments regarding employees entering the United Kingdom through these...more
Our February update considers recent developments in employment law, including cases on discrimination and equal pay. We also outline other points of note, including developments relating to right to work checks, the Equality...more
The UK Government’s Immigration Minister, Caroline Noakes, announced to the Home Affairs Select Committee on 30 October that in the event of a no-deal Brexit, new immigration controls, including employer checks of immigration...more
New developments include a number of Immigration Act provisions, changes to the recording of right-to-work checks, and early invitations to sponsor licence extension applications. Although the United Kingdom has voted in...more
The Home Office has introduced a new automated renewal of Tier 2 (General) and Tier 2 (Intra-Company Transfer) Certificate of Sponsorship annual allocations. All Tier 2 unrestricted Certificate of Sponsorship...more