Pre-employment screening is an important part of the recruitment process for many employers.
It generally refers to any vetting procedure or practice relating to candidate selection, including drawing up job descriptions and application forms, checking references and candidates’ backgrounds for discrepancies, interviewing, and verifying candidates’ details.
Questions on Covid-19 vaccination dominate this month's list, alongside IR35, right-to-work checks and the relationship between holiday pay and overtime.
Employers using AI to make decisions about recruitment and performance need to be mindful of the laws surrounding workers’ rights, it has been warned.
Industry bodies criticise the decision by the Home Office to stop digital right-to-work checks from 17 May.
Employers will have to check applicants’ original Right to Work documents where possible from 17 May, according to updated Home Office guidance.
The TUC has sounded the alarm over ‘huge gaps’ in UK employment law over the use of AI.
The Covid-19 pandemic has transformed how we hire people, including how and when we interview and communicate with candidates.
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Changes announced to make it easier for ex-offenders to find employment...
With so little recruitment this year, organisations with vacancies report being inundated with applications for the limited roles they have...
Talent risks being wasted through poor decision-making that is based on uninformed, inconsistent and biased information, writes Roger Philby.
For organisations up and down the country, Covid-19 has put considerable strain on HR. Many in the profession are facing...
The government has said it is on track to meet its target of 6,000 additional police officers in England and...
With so much focus on furlough and emergency support for struggling employers during the coronavirus crisis, what about those organisations...
