Right to Work Checks: A Practical Employer Guide

What the resource helps with

This guide helps you complete right to work checks using the appropriate checking route and keep the evidence needed for your records. It helps you identify work restrictions, manage time-limited permission and recognise when the Employer Checking Service or further advice may be needed.

What's included

A practical guide covering manual, digital identity and Home Office online checks, the Employer Checking Service, work and hours restrictions, record keeping, follow-up checks, consistent treatment, common mistakes and the October 2026 extension of the Right to Work Scheme.

When to Use the Resource

Use before someone starts work and whenever a follow-up right to work check is required because their permission to work is time-limited.