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Criminal records

Depending on the role for which a candidate has applied, employers may need to find out whether or not the individual has any criminal convictions before he or she can start work.

Employers can check job applicants’ criminal records with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). HR departments normally deals with DBS disclosures.


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    Employers struggling with soaring candidate deception

    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025
    by Nic Paton 25 Jun 2025

    Employers are struggling to cope with a deluge of identity fraud, false credentials, use of AI, and even undisclosed convictions...

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    Top 10 HR questions May 2025: Failure to prevent fraud

    by Brightmine 2 Jun 2025
    by Brightmine 2 Jun 2025

    May 2025's top HR questions include one about a new criminal offence for an organisational failure to prevent fraud.

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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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    Post Office scandal police probe to draw in employees, lawyers and civil servants

    by Adam McCulloch 12 Dec 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 12 Dec 2024

    One hundred police officers are now working on a criminal investigation of current and past Post Office employees, civil servants and lawyers.

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    • Discrimination

    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

    • Criminal records
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    Benjamin Mendy awarded most of £11m unpaid Man City wages

    by Rob Moss 7 Nov 2024
    by Rob Moss 7 Nov 2024

    Employment judges decides Man City must pay Benjamin Mendy's unpaid wages after he was cleared of sexual offences.

    • Case law
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    Care assistant unfairly dismissed following murder charge

    by Rob Moss 2 Aug 2024
    by Rob Moss 2 Aug 2024

    Care assistant who failed to disclose a murder charge has won her claim for unfair dismissal at Edinburgh Employment Tribunal.

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    HR legal opinion: why the BBC continued to pay Huw Edwards’ salary

    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2024
    by Adam McCulloch 1 Aug 2024

    The BBC is facing questions over why it continued to pay news presenter Huw Edwards his salary for five months after his arrest for possessing indecent images of children in November 2023.

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    How HR mentors are rebuilding confidence among ex-offenders

    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Jul 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 16 Jul 2024

    People with convictions face challenges getting into and progressing in work, but a mentoring scheme involving experienced HR professionals is...

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    • Professional services

    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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    • Latest News

    Automated police vetting system being explored

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Apr 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Apr 2024

    The home secretary has commissioned the development of an automated national police vetting system in England and Wales.

    • Construction
    • Criminal records
    • Latest News

    Stigma putting construction firms off hiring ex-offenders

    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Mar 2024
    by Ashleigh Webber 15 Mar 2024

    Stigma and concerns about risk and reputation are putting construction firms off hiring ex-offenders, a report finds.

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    Radical overhaul of police vetting required, says inquiry

    by Rob Moss 29 Feb 2024
    by Rob Moss 29 Feb 2024

    Inquiry into rape and murder of Sarah Everard by Met Police officer Wayne Couzens calls for radical overhaul of police vetting nationwide.

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    Top 10 HR questions November 2023: Holiday carry-over

    by Brightmine 4 Dec 2023
    by Brightmine 4 Dec 2023

    Poopular topics last month includes the carry-over of annual leave, irregular hours workers, working time record-keeping, and TUPE.

    • Criminal records
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    • Ex-offenders

    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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