I don't know. Maybe setting a middleware with that changes could help you out. Also: https://stackov...
Could be cache. Clear up cache and config cache with php artisan cache:clear & php artisan confi...
Do you have every dependencies installed in the live server ?
I don't see why it is not possible as long as you have your queue worker up and running it will run...
Can you show the migration ? Have you tried to dd($this) and see what data does the object have ?