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The government has added a new clause to the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill, which would extend the application of the existing right to work scheme to cover alternative working arrangements that have previously fallen outside its scope. Currently, the statutory framework under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 requires right to work checks only for individuals engaged as employees under conventional contracts, if the employer is to obtain a statutory excuse against a civil penalty where a worker is subsequently found to lack the requisite immigration permission. The new clause would extend the need for checks to employers and businesses which engage individuals to undertake work for third parties through non-traditional contracting methods: those operating under a worker’s contract, as individual subcontractors, and through online matching platforms. This measure would effectively broaden the remit of the existing checks to catch forms of engagement prevalent in...