Young entrepreneur Jacob Hill has just launched Offploy, which guides businesses through the HR, legal and ethical minefield associated with...
Ex-offenders
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The High Court has declared that the Government’s criminal record disclosure scheme is incompatible with the Human Rights Act.
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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The Government has been urged to overhaul the “outdated” Rehabilitation of Offenders Act, cutting the time before offences become spent...
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The Government has announced a review of learning for offenders in prisons and in the community, with the aim of...
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Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development study leads to call for national strategy to use ex-offenders’ talents
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryA study of ex-offenders’ work prospects has called for a national communication strategy to influence employers’ attitudes to hiring ex-offenders.The...
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Government promises £500,000 to fund pilot schemes to help ex-offenders’ job prospects
by Mike Berryby Mike BerryThe government has launched a new drive to cut crime by getting offenders into training and jobs.Education and skills secretary,...
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I am delighted that the NHS has been caught out over these illegal CRB checks (Personnel Today, 24 January). I have fought against this trend in my higher education organisation for quite some time
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Nacro, the charity for ex-offenders, has called for the introduction of a new licensing authority to stamp out discrimination as...
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Sir Digby Jones has welcomed the goverment Green Paper on helping ex-offenders get back into work.
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The government has been urged to do more to change ingrained employer attitudes about recruiting ex-offenders and other ‘core jobless’...