28 January 2019

Code of Practice on Preventing Illegal Working


An updated Code of Practice on preventing illegal working came into force on 28 January 2019. The main change is that an employer may rely on the Home Office’s online service to prove that it properly checked a person’s right to work in the UK (see pages 18 and 19 of the updated Code of Practice).

Source: Immigration (Restrictions on Employment) (Code of Practice and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2018 (SI 2018/1340).

Correction

The first sentence in the article entitled “Written Statement of Employment” (dated 19 December 2018) should read –

“A written statement of employment (WSE) must be given to an employee or a worker NOT LATER THAN the start of their employment . . .”
Written by Tony Trotman, MA, Chartered MCIPD

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Tony Trotman said...

A REVISED Code of Practice on Preventing Illegal Working will come in force on 1 July 2021. See art. 7 of the Order (SI 2021/689) at: https://legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/689/pdfs/uksi_20210689_en.pdf…

A draft version of the REVISED Code is available at: https://gov.uk/government/publications/illegal-working-penalties-codes-of-practice-for-employers-2018…

From 1 July 2021, the list of documents that can prove that a person (e.g. an EEA national) has the legal right to work in UK will be amended by Art. 4 of the Order.

10 June, 2021

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