End of COVID-19 Temporary guidance for Right to Work
Announcement that the COVID-19 temporary guidance period for Right to Work will now end on the 20th June 2021
What does this mean to you as an employer? You:
- Don’t need to carry out retrospective checks on those who had a COVID-19 adjusted check between 30.03.2020 and 20.06.2021
- Do need to check physical documentation from the 21st June 2021
To get a Statutory Excuse when employing under the COVID-19 temporary guidance you should:
- Ask the worker to submit a scanned copy or a photo of their original documents electronically
- Arrange a video call with the worker – ask them to hold up the original documents to the camera and check them against the digital copy of the documents
- Record the date you made the check and mark it as “adjusted check undertaken on [insert date] due to COVID-19”
Please do check to ensure that you have followed/follow the guidance to ensure you get your Statutory Excuse.
Consider auditing the staff you employed during the COVID-19 temporary guidance period to check that you have followed the process above.
Alternatively, have you considered using technology in your Right to Work process?
We at uComply have seen many examples where questionable documents have been used.
In summary, our clients using our solution uAuthenticate Mobile ensure compliance with the current Home Office guidance whilst identifying questionable documents.
Would you like to have this protection?
We offer free trials of our solution uAuthenticate – simply give us a call or fill out our contact form and we will be in touch.
