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.
This webinar is the first in our series of three webinars focused on helping employers prepare for these key upcoming changes.
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