Verifying your right to work

JOBS Rewards and benefits Jobs search Development opportunities How to apply Log in to your candidate dashboard Verifying your right to work Supporting disabled applicants Equality and diversity Contact us Verifying your right to work The Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 requires employers to check documents to establish a person's eligibility to work in the UK and compliance with any restrictions. Under the Act we are required to check your eligibility to work in the UK before you start work. We therefore ask all candidates to bring proof of their right to work to interview and a copy will be taken. If you are successful at interview this documentation will be kept on your personnel file. If you are not successful the documentation will be shredded and securely disposed of. If you forget to bring this documentation you will be asked to bring the original to DMU before an offer can be made and contract sent. Right to Work checks during the coronavirus For the safety of staff and candidates, the face to face interview format has moved to interviews via video call. Prior to the interview, candidates should send in their right to work documentation to the hiring panel. On the day of the interview, the candidates must display the original right to work documents for the panel to verify the copy via video call.  What happens to the right to work documents? Successful candidate All right to work documentation will be kept within your personnel file.  For candidates who undergo a right to work check via video call, you will be required to present the original copies of the right to work once you return to campus. The HR department will be in touch to arrange the in-person check.  Unsuccessful candidate All right to work documentation will be deleted or shredded once the hiring decision has been made. What proof am I required to present? Official Documentation  List A - Acceptable documents to establish a continuous statutory excuse Single documentation Combination documentation List B  Group 1 – Documents where a time-limited statutory excuse lasts until the expiry date of leave Group 2 – Documents where a time-limited statutory excuse lasts for 6 months Visa and immigration