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New unitaries to be hit by right to work check duty

Councils created under reorganisation will have to carry out fresh right to work checks for all staff transferring within 60 days of vesting day, The MJ understands.

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By Dan Peters | 16 December 2025
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Councils created under reorganisation will have to carry out fresh right to work checks for all staff transferring within 60 days of vesting day, The MJ understands.

One astonished council chief executive described the requirement as ‘absolutely ridiculous' and ‘unnecessary bureaucracy'.

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