Source: Personnel Today Issue: Aug 8 2008 Date: 08/08/2008 Publisher: RBI

Illegal criminal record checks on staff being carried out by employers

AUTHOR: Mike Berry


Employers are making illegal criminal record checks on staff, amid calls for a review of the law.

A BBC Radio 4 investigation has discovered requests to the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) for applicants to jobs such as train drivers, gardeners and bricklayers.

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