Tag: right to work
Biometric Residence Permits come to an end
Guest Writer
October 31, 2024
The Home Office has confirmed that Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs) will no longer be issued or replaced from today (31st October 2024) and all UK new visa applicants will be issued with an eVisa. Find out what this means to employee and employers.
Making Right to Work checks throughout your supply chain: an update to guidance
Tony Machin
October 21, 2024
We’re often asked by employers about their responsibilities around Right to Work checks when they’re working with sub-contractors or someone who is self-employed. In September, the Home Office Right to Work guidance was updated to address this question. This blog explains more.
TrustID Become a Certified IDSP Approved Against UK Government Digital Schemes
Tony Machin
June 15, 2022
TrustID is a certified digital identity service provider (IDSP) for Right to Work (RtW), Right to Rent (RtR) and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks under the UK Digital Identity & Attributes Trust Framework.
Why do we need to do pre-employment immigration checks on UK recruits?
Tony Machin
June 21, 2018
As you probably know, every employer has a legal duty to prevent illegal working and is required to undertake pre-employment immigration checks on all staff to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK. But if your recruits claim to be British or EU nations, do you really need to make Right to Work checks?
Making ID checks for compliance in Umbrella companies
David Park
October 20, 2017
According to analysis in 2017, the number of self-employed workers in the UK has increased by 23 per cent in the past decade. As a result, hundreds of thousands of workers now use umbrella companies to act as their employer. As the employer, the umbrella company needs to check the ID and Right to Work of every one of these contractors. So how can an umbrella organisation run identity checks efficiently and consistently to ensure they comply with current legislation?
