Right to Work compliance is changing in October 2026: are you prepared?
From 1 October 2026, the Home Office is extending right to work checks to cover contractors, zero-hours workers, gig and platform labour and LLP partners. Employers who get it wrong face civil penalties of up to £60,000 per illegal worker.
What you’ll learn
Join our right to work experts as we discuss:
- What is changing: the Home Office’s most significant overhaul of Right to Work checks in years comes into force on 1 October 2026. We look at what this means for your business.
- Who is now in scope: contractors, zero-hours workers, gig and platform workers, and LLP partners will fall under mandatory checks, alongside your existing employees.
- Digital verification changes: new registration requirements for Right to Work Digital Verification Service Providers (RtW DVSPs), and what “certified” now means for employers.
- Avoiding discrimination: what the updated Code of Practice requires in terms of treating all workers consistently, regardless of which route they take through the check.
- Expired passport rules: under new Home Office guidance, British and Irish passport holders can rely on digital checks for up to six months after their passport expires.
- How to prepare: practical first steps to get your organisation ready ahead of the deadline, including where the risk of the £60,000 per-worker penalty sits.
We will also cover:
- Why we need to carry out right to work checks
- Statutory excuse for right to work checks
- Manual document-based right to work check
- Online right to work checks
- Difference between Home Office Online Right to Work Checking Service, Home Office Employer Checking Service, and Identity Document Validation Technology (IDVT) providers
- EEA nationals, is there still a relevant difference?
- Right to work and Section 3C of the Immigration Act 1971
- Proving right to work checks statutory excuse if right to work challenged
- Plus a Q&A Session
Book your place
Click here to register for the webinar:
Tuesday 8 September 2026, 10am-11am