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LNB News: Home Office publishes updated guidance for right to work checks amid coronavirus (COVID–19)

21 April 2021
Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Employment
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The Home Office has published updated guidance for employers carrying out right to work checks during the coronavirus (COVID–19) pandemic. 

Lexis®Library update: The guidance confirms that the concession permitting employers to carry out a right to work check using video conferencing and copies of supporting documents is ending on 16 May 2021. It also confirms that employers will not be required to carry out a retrospective/follow-up check where a right to work check has been carried out between 30 March 2020 and 16 May 2021 (inclusive), in the prescribed manner under the concession.

Source: Coronavirus (COVID-19): right to work checks

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Categories: Legal News , Covid-19 , Employment
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