New Right To Work Checks From 17 May

Published date11 May 2021
Subject MatterImmigration, Coronavirus (COVID-19), General Immigration, Employment and Workforce Wellbeing, Operational Impacts and Strategy
Law FirmMayer Brown
AuthorMr Christopher Fisher and James Perrott

Since March last year, due to Covid-19, the Home Office has allowed employers to check an employee's immigration status in the UK by using scans or copies of documents instead of having to see the original documents. From 17 May, this adjustment will cease and employers will once again be required to check original documents, unless they are able to use the Home Office on-line checking service, which is only available for migrant workers. Read our full blog post by James Perrott, head of Mayer Brown's Mobility & Migration practice in Europe:

UK Right to Work Checks: Sunset of the Covid-19 Concession and Brexit Impact | The Mobile Workforce

Originally published 7 May 2021

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