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The guidance has been updated to reflect the Immigration Order 2018, which provides that employers may establish a statutory excuse against liability for an illegal working civil penalty by conducting an online right to work check using the Home Office online right to work checking service.
The guidance states that since 28 January 2019 employers have had the option to conduct either a manual right to work check, or an online right to work check in order to establish a statutory excuse against a civil penalty in the event that an employee is found to be working illegally. The Home Office online right to work checking service sets out the information and/or the documentation the employer will need in order to access the service. In circumstances where an online check is not possible the employer should conduct a manual right to work check.
There are three basic steps to conducting an online right to work check:
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