Recruitment background checks

New and updated

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Permission to work in the UK contract clause

  Updated to reflect that temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks that were due to end on 16 May 2021, have been extended to 20 June 2021.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

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

  Updated to reflect that temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks that were due to end on 16 May 2021, have been extended to 20 June 2021.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Immigration rules and right to work

  Updated to reflect that temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks that were due to end on 16 May 2021, have been extended to 20 June 2021.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Employing people from abroad policy

  Updated to reflect that temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks that were due to end on 16 May 2021, have been extended to 20 June 2021.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter confirming start date of employment subject to proof of permission to work in the UK

  Updated to reflect that temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks that were due to end on 16 May 2021, have been extended to 20 June 2021.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Letter withdrawing an offer of employment because a job applicant has failed to provide evidence of their right to work in the UK

  Updated to reflect that temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks that were due to end on 16 May 2021, have been extended to 20 June 2021.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Skilled worker sponsor compliance and audit preparation checklist

  Updated to reflect that temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks that were due to end on 16 May 2021, have been extended to 20 June 2021.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Record of all workers' right to work in the UK form

  Updated to reflect that temporary changes to the rules on right to work checks that were due to end on 16 May 2021, have been extended to 20 June 2021.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer rely on an EEA passport as evidence of the right to work if the individual arrived in the UK after 31 December 2020?

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Brexit: resource round-up

  Updated to include guidance on the rules applying to business visitors in the UK, a podcast on right to work checks and guidance on how employers can benefit from changes to immigration rules.