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

 
 
 

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