Until last week, right to work checks were an employee problem. If someone was on your payroll, you checked their documents before day one. If they invoiced you as a contractor, most small businesses assumed the checks were somebody else’s job. That assumption stopped working on 1st October 2026. The right to work scheme now […]
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