Temporary COVID-19 adjusted right to work checks were due to end on 5th April 2022. The government has announced that the end date for adjusted checks has been deferred to 30th September 2022. The decision has been made to due to positive feedback from employers and the government are reviewing the processes to allow this to be a permanent solution.
Currently the adjusted right to work check is undertaken via receipt of scanned documents (or a photo of documents) submitted by the employee via email or by arranging a video call. During the call the employee should hold up the original documents to the camera so that you can check them against the digital copy submitted by the employee. The date the document was checked should be recorded and marked as “adjusted check undertaken on [date] due to COVID-19”.
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