Recruitment background checks

New and updated

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  Employment law guide

  Immigration rules and right to work

  Updated to reflect Government announcements that: the skilled worker salary threshold will increase; the shortage occupation list will be reformed; a review of the graduate route will be undertaken; and care workers will no longer be able to bring dependants to the UK.

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  Quick reference

  Rehabilitation periods

  Updated to reflect changes to the length of rehabilitation periods.

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  FAQs

  Will a job applicant have any redress if an employer refuses employment on the basis of a spent conviction?

  Updated with further information about rehabilitation periods.

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  How to

  How to deal with an employee who no longer has the right to work in the UK

  Updated to reflect that pending late applications to the EU settlement scheme can be checked using an online right to work check, where the employee has a digital certificate of application.

• Type:

  Quick reference

  Documentation acceptable as proof of right to work in the UK - limited right to work in the UK (list B)

  Updated to remove digital certificates of application under the EU settlement scheme from group 2 as these can now be checked using an online right to work check.

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  Letters and forms

  Letter asking job applicant to provide evidence of right to work in UK

  Updated to reflect that digital certificates of application under the EUSS are no longer included as a List B document requiring a Positive Verification Notice from the Employer Checking Service. These can now be checked using an online right to work check.

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  How to

  How to carry out a right to work in the UK check

  Practical guidance on carrying out a right to work in the UK check, including how to know whether to carry out a manual check, use an IDSP, carry out an online check or use the Employer Checking Service.

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  How to

  How to obtain and use medical reports on employees

  Updated to reflect that the ICO has published guidance for employers on when they can collect information through medical examinations (which replicates guidance previously contained in the withdrawn Employment practices data protection code).

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  How to

  How to employ international students

  Updated to reflect the Government announcement that fines for employing illegal workers will increase from 2024.

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  How to

  How to manage job offers

  Practical guidance on the steps that employers should take following selection in recruitment, such as how and when to make the job offer, carrying out background checks and communicating with the new starter.