Right to Work (UK)
In the UK, employers must check that a job applicant is allowed to work for you before you hire them. Anyone in your organisation who is responsible for the recruitment and employment of individuals should know how to carry out right to work checks. This course covers all the vital information about right to work checks post-Brexit. It’s designed to help HR professionals and hiring managers understand their employer’s duty to prevent illegal working; the checks employers must carry out to ensure employees have the right to live and work in the UK, and the penalties and sanctions for getting it wrong.
Covered in this course:
- How to comply with the duty to prevent illegal working
- Establishing a statutory excuse – the three-step check
- Acceptable documents
- Checking validity of documents
- What to do when an applicant cannot show documents
- What to do when you have been given false documents
- New requirements now that the UK has left the EU