Most employers request references on a prospective employee to verify, for example, information about his or her employment history. Any job offer should be made conditional on satisfactory references.
Employers may receive a request from another employer for a reference on an employee or former employee to a prospective employer.
The NHS has introduced a fit and proper persons’ test for board members, a move that some in HR feel could be rolled out in other sectors.Â
Rescreening employees to mitigate against the risks of reputational and financial damage is a useful tactic against 'digital assassins'.
Questions on employees’ Covid vaccination status, self-isolation and testing continued to be popular during December.
Employers were also asking various...
Ten years ago, the Equality Act 2010 consolidated discrimination laws into a single piece of legislation. We highlight 10 key...
The government has said it will consult on the idea that employers should be required to provide, as a minimum,...
Giving departing employees a reference should be a risk-free procedure. But there are potentially damaging pitfalls to avoid.
There are limits to the circumstances in which employers can take a candidate’s past criminal convictions into account when deciding...
Many employers will have staff who have been fasting over the last month, as they observe Ramadan.
The most popular...
When faced with the need to make redundancies, how should an employer decide which employees to select?
Redundancy exercises bring...
Can you dismiss before a probationary period ends if they're not up to the job?
Many HR professionals will have spent months preparing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Now it is finally in...
Can an employee challenge an investigation that has led to an unflattering reference? A recent decision sheds more light on...
Amid the misconduct scandal surrounding the charity sector, Oxfam and other charities suggest that better systems to inform other prospective...
Thousands of workers and jobseekers could potentially be misleading employers about their qualifications after buying fake degree certificates online.
An...
Increased compliance means rising numbers of employers are performing numerous background checks on employees. Steve Smith...
