Jessica Maguire examines a recent white paper and outlines how the government is proposing to change rehabilitation periods and when...
Ex-offenders
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Government proposes time reduction for disclosure of spent convictions
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherChanges announced to make it easier for ex-offenders to find employment...
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With research suggesting skills shortages in some sectors are at their highest level since 2008, an increasing number of employers...
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An additional 230 organisations – including Greene King and Pret A Manger – have committed to hiring ex-offenders, as the...
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The current disclosure of youth criminal records in the UK undermines principles of youth justice and could fall short of...
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Last month, David Lammy MP published a review recommending that, in certain cases, criminal records could be sealed from employers....
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Individuals’ criminal records could be sealed from employers as part of a series of recommendations made in an independent review...
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Young entrepreneur Jacob Hill has just launched Offploy, which guides businesses through the HR, legal and ethical minefield associated with...
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The High Court has declared that the Government’s criminal record disclosure scheme is incompatible with the Human Rights Act.
Ruling...
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In 2014, the law around hiring ex-offenders changed, bringing with it confusion and a heightened risk of dishonesty and suspicion...
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Court rules that minor offences be dropped from criminal record checks
by Jo Faragherby Jo FaragherA Supreme Court ruling has confirmed that job applicants will no longer need to disclose convictions for childhood or minor...
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Edwina Hughes discusses Business in the Community's campaign to "ban the box" that many ex-offenders are required to tick on application forms.
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Trish Hopkinson, senior HR business partner at DHL Supply Chain, tells Personnel Today about the challenges involved in devising a...
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More than half of employers believe that they have an important role to play in helping ex-offenders back into the workplace,...
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The Government has been urged to overhaul the “outdated” Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, cutting the time before offences become spent...