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Right-to-work checks: further extension

The Home Office has published updated guidance for employers carrying out ‘adjusted’ COVID-19 right-to-work checks.

The guidance extends the concession permitting employers to carry out a manual right-to-work check using video conferencing and copies of supporting documents to 30 September 2022 (previously 5 April 2022).

The guidance states that extending the deadline will ensure ‘employers have sufficient time to develop commercial relationships with identity service providers, make the necessary changes to their pre-employment checking processes and carry out responsible on-boarding of their chosen provider’. This is in respect of digital right-to-work checks using Identity Technology Validation Technology from 6 April 2022.