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Right to Work Audits

Independent audit of your right to work policies, processes, controls and employee records.

TRUSTED & RECOGNISED:

Independent Right to Work assurance to strengthen compliance and reduce UKVI risk exposure.

Right to work obligations apply across the workforce and across every recruitment channel, business unit and location.

The requirements are non-negotiable, and failures can expose employers to significant financial penalties, wider Home Office scrutiny and, for sponsor licence holders, additional compliance risk.

The challenge for HR is often not the policy itself, but what is happening beyond central oversight.

Test the process, not just the policy

Our Right to Work Compliance Audit tests the organisation’s control environment in practice. We assess policies, processes, systems and employee records to identify control gaps, establish where exposure sits and define the remediation required.

We examine both the design of your right to work controls and their operational effectiveness, using process review and employee file testing to determine whether the organisation can evidence compliance consistently across the workforce.

The result is an independent assessment for HR, legal and compliance teams, with prioritised findings and a structured remediation plan.

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WHAT WE REVIEW

Right to Work Auding

The audit can be scaled to your organisation, workforce profile and risk exposure, using representative or risk-based sampling where appropriate.

HOW WE HELP

Review to Remediation

We move from the control framework to actual practice, establishing where weaknesses exist, what exposure they create and what needs to change.

01.

REVIEW

Establish the control environment. We review policies, systems, responsibilities and workflows to understand how right to work compliance is intended to operate across the organisation.

02.

TEST

Determine whether the controls work in practice.We sample employee files and test actual checking processes to identify errors, inconsistencies and control gaps, and establish whether issues are isolated or systemic.

03.

REMEDIATE

Define the actions required.We prioritise findings and set out corrective actions across individual cases, processes, documentation, monitoring, ownership and training.

PROACTIVE COMPLIANCE & RISK MANAGEMENT

Advice Aligned to your Compliance Position

Right to work assurance can be valuable as part of routine governance, following organisational change or where a specific compliance concern requires closer scrutiny. We tailor the scope and testing approach to the circumstances.

ONGOING COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE

Test whether your controls remain effective.

Use periodic audit and file sampling to assess whether right to work procedures are being applied consistently and identify emerging weaknesses before they become systemic.

CHANGE & INTEGRATION

Reassess when the organisation changes.

Following acquisitions, HR system changes, decentralisation or changes in recruitment responsibility, we test whether right to work controls remain consistent across the organisation.

UKVI READINESS & ENFORCEMENT

Safeguard your position before it is scrutinised.

Where Home Office scrutiny is anticipated or an internal issue has been identified, we assess the evidence, establish the extent of any weaknesses and advise on remediation.

Get Assurance on Your Right to Work Position.

Right to work compliance risk often sits in the gap between policy and practice. Internal assurance allows weaknesses to be identified and addressed before they become the subject of external scrutiny.

Our audit service independently tests policies, processes and employee records to establish how controls are operating in practice, where exposure exists and what remediation is required. The result is a prioritised assessment of your right to work compliance position and the actions needed to strengthen it.

Speak to us about a Right to Work Compliance Audit →