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.
Increased compliance means rising numbers of employers are performing numerous background checks on employees. Steve Smith...
Last month, David Lammy MP published a review recommending that, in certain cases, criminal records could be sealed from employers....
This case study involves pre-employment health clearance by occupational health of a healthcare worker applying for a post involving exposure-prone...
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HR departments face a constant barrage of new regulation and compliance requirements, and forthcoming developments such as GDPR will add...
Finding the balance between effective candidate selection and a positive candidate experience is no mean feat. Charles Martin looks at...
Police in Scotland have been informed about a serial job applicant who threatens to launch legal action if he is...
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The Equality Act 2010 introduced a ban on pre-employment medical screening before a job offer is made. Six years on,...
Burger chain Byron made headlines last month when the Home Office arrested a number of illegal workers. Given the tougher...
Recruitment is a prime candidate for automation through artificial intelligence and machine learning, but what does this mean for the...
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Before she stepped out of the Conservative party leadership race earlier this week, Andrea Leadsom had already attracted unwanted attention...
Can you withdraw a job offer once it has been made? We look at the risks employers face if they...
