.Under sections 15 to 25 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, employers have a duty to prevent illegal working in the UK by carrying out prescribed document checks on people before employing them to ensure they are lawfully allowed to work. On 16 May 2014, changes came into force to strengthen and simplify the civil penalty scheme for employers, which included some changes to the document checks employers are required to undertake and the Home Office guidance for employers was amended to provide further clarification to the scheme. The guidance, ‘An employer’s guide to right to work checks’, has been updated again and a summary of the changes can be found at Page 4 which provide clarification primarily in respect of Biometric Residence Permits (BRPs), Residence Cards (biometric format), as well as administrative reviews which have replaced many rights of appeal against immigration decisions. Employers are advised to review their procedures to ensure they are up-to-date.

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