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Right to Work Enforcement Guidance for Licensed Premises

Validated finding · five-country-2010-20260922-v118-evidence-presentation-fix

CountryUnited Kingdom
Operative dateFebruary 24, 2025
CategoryEnforcement / illegal working penalties
Affected groupEmployers, hospitality sector licensees, undocumented workers

Policy effect

The Home Office issued updated operational guidance and enforcement instructions on preventing illegal working within alcohol and late-night refreshment licensed premises, setting revised standards for local licensing authority reviews and civil penalty referrals.

Conditions and exceptions

Validated condition or limit: The Home Office issued updated operational guidance and enforcement instructions on preventing illegal working within alcohol and late-night refreshment licensed premises, setting revised standards for local licensing authority reviews and civil penalty referrals.

Official source excerpt

Quoted verbatim from the official source below. Ellipses indicate omitted text.

… guidance to add power to examine offshore workers under paragraph 2(1) and (1A) of schedule 2 to the 1971 Act, to clarify general power of examination under paragraph 2 of schedule 2 to the 1971 Act and to clarify power to search premises with warrant under paragraph 25A(6A) of schedule 2 to the 1971 Act. 28 February 2025 Added an accessible version of 'Preventing illegal working in licensed premises and the Home Office role as a responsible authority in England and Wales'. 24 February 2025 Updated the 'Preventing illegal working in licensed premises and the Home Office role as a responsible authority in England and Wales' guide. Added 'Section 179 of the Licensing Act 2003: right of entry to premises being used for a licensable activity' 14 November 2024 Guidance on 'post enforcement visit actions' has been updated. A full list of the changes is available in the document. 24 October 2024 Updated the guidance on Identifying people at risk. 14 October 2024 Guidance on 'Enforcement visits' has been updated. A full list of the changes is available in the document. 15 July 2024 Published version 14.0 of the critical incident management guidance. A full list of changes can be found in the …
UK GovernmentUK Home Office, "Guidance on Preventing Illegal Working in Licensed Premises", GOV.UK, 24 February 2025.Open official source
Retrieved from https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/right-to-work-checks-code-of-practice

Review method

Two separate automated exact-claim source reviews

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