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    Removing employment barriers for ex-offenders at HMP Fosse Way

    by Max Rumley 13 Feb 2025
    by Max Rumley 13 Feb 2025

    Max Rumley discusses how a facilities management operation staffed by prisoners demonstrates the benefits of training and employment schemes.

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    Iceland Foods considers jobs for low-risk offenders

    by Rob Moss 27 Jan 2025
    by Rob Moss 27 Jan 2025

    Offenders facing short prison terms could offered a job at Iceland Foods instead, executives at the supermarket have suggested.

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    Employment councils set up to help offenders into work

    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jan 2025
    by Adam McCulloch 10 Jan 2025

    Retailers such as Greggs, Iceland and frozen ready-meal firm Cook are to take a leading role in supporting offenders gain employment.

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    Extra background checks could trigger more discrimination claims

    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Dec 2024
    by Kavitha Sivasubramaniam 10 Dec 2024

    An increase in background checks carried out in response to new day-one employment rights could lead to more discrimination cases

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    Ministers to encourage more recruitment of former prisoners

    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 11 Jul 2024

    James Timpson, the new prisons minister, is seeking to boost the number of companies that actively recruit from behind bars.

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    Hiring ex-offenders can boost results and reputation

    by Peter Cox 21 May 2024
    by Peter Cox 21 May 2024

    KPMG recently urged employers to recruit prison leavers as part of a national campaign to reduce reoffending, but what are some of the benefits?

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    KPMG urges others to hire ex-offenders after pilot

    by Rob Moss 24 Apr 2024
    by Rob Moss 24 Apr 2024

    Employers are being urged by KPMG to recruit ex-offenders as part of national campaign to reduce reoffending and grow the economy. 

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    Disclosure rules for ex-offenders reduce declaration time

    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2023
    by Jo Faragher 1 Nov 2023

    The amount of time after which a conviction is spent for the purposes of a job application has been significantly reduced.

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    CIPD Festival of Work 2023: HR has major role in recruiting former prisoners

    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2023
    by Adam McCulloch 9 Jun 2023

    CIPD Festival of Work wows the HR crowds at London Olympia.

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    Top employers join prison employment advisory boards

    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2023
    by Ashleigh Webber 24 Mar 2023

    Employers including Iceland, Greggs, Oliver Bonas and the Co-op have joined prison employment advisory boards.

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    Employment advisory boards for ex-offenders launched across HM Prisons

    by Rob Moss 3 Mar 2022
    by Rob Moss 3 Mar 2022

    Employment advisory boards have been established in 20 prisons and are being rolled out to all 91 “resettlement” prisons by 2023.

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    Ministers say no to further temporary visa schemes

    by Adam McCulloch 30 Sep 2021
    by Adam McCulloch 30 Sep 2021

    Hospitality and retail sectors will not be gaining temporary visa schemes, ministers signal.

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    Oven-Ready HR Reheated: Further highlights from Season 2

    by Chris Taylor 20 Aug 2021
    by Chris Taylor 20 Aug 2021

    Another slice of Oven-Ready HR interviews from Season 2. In this second compilation episode we listen again to:

    Francesca Peters,...

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    Employing ex-offenders: Timpson Group talks to Oven-Ready HR

    by Chris Taylor 16 Jul 2021
    by Chris Taylor 16 Jul 2021

    It is estimated that more than 11 million people in the UK have a criminal conviction. This staggering figure equates...

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    Drive to find jobs for ex-offenders launches in north of England

    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Dec 2020
    by Ashleigh Webber 10 Dec 2020

    An organisation that helps ex-offenders find work has been contracted by the Ministry of Justice to boost employment levels among...

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