Right to Work update relating to self-employment and contractors

Government guidance on Right to Work checks has been updated and is now in place. If you use self-employed operatives, you need to be aware of this important update. Don't get caught out!

The guidance “strongly encourages” business to check their contractors and labour providers carry out right to work checks on people they employ, engage or supply. This includes anyone using a substitute.

The Government suggest the checks for the following reasons;

• Avoiding reputational damage 

• Adverse impacts on health and safety and safeguarding obligations 

• Insurance requirements

• Recruitment businesses require to conduct identification checks already (e.g. Conduct Regulations)

• Best practice 

Before this, the guidance stated businesses “may wish” to check their contractors carry out right to work checks. 

Even though the guidance has changed, you are still not legally required to conduct right to work checks on self-employed operatives. For clarity, a business engaging genuinely self-employed workers has no obligation to conduct right to work checks.

To remove this potential issue, please contact sales@rollpay.co.uk or call 0800 131 0131 to discuss a solution.