Important: Changes to Work Opportunity Accepted Working Hours in Winter 2026 Update

These changes may affect organisations that use accepted working-hours figures for visa compliance checks, reporting or other internal processes.

If your organisation uses accepted working-hours figures displayed in the following area, these changes will be applicable to you:

• The Applicants tab of a Work Opportunity record

Full details of these changes, including their potential impact on existing processes and any actions members may need to take, are available on the Winter 2026 Update page.

The Winter 2026 Update is scheduled for deployment on:

• DEMO database: Tuesday 10 November 2026 at 11:00 AM
• LIVE database: Tuesday 8 December 2026 at 11:00 AM

We will provide further information as part of the Winter 2026 Update release communications.

If you have any questions about these changes or their potential impact on your organisation, please contact HEAT Support at support@heat.ac.uk.