Hi All

This is my first time posting on the community pages, so I'm hoping someone can assist.

I am completing a Right to Work Audit in preparation of Brexit. My organisation does not hold and hasn't always checked employees Right to Work documents since starting the business in 2010; when it has, the wrong identification has been reviewed. 

I have therefore requested those with no documentation or incorrect documentation to provider their passports (or alternatives), which for the most part, employees are happy to do. However, I have one employee who is willing to show me their passport but refusing to allow me to keep a scan or copy. The employee in question has been with the organisation 6 years and I believe that I do have the right to ask for their passport and take a copy to comply with UK Right to Work checks.

Does anyone know if I am correct in this or whether the employee has the right to refuse a copy of his passport being taken?

Thanks

Vicky