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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model policy on recruitment of people with a criminal record, which deals with jobs covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, jobs that are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks.
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- Type:
- Policies and procedures
A model policy on recruiting people to work with children and/or vulnerable adults, in compliance with safeguarding requirements.
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- Type:
- Employment law guide
Updated to reflect the publication of guidance by the ICO in relation to information about workers' health.
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- Date:
- 17 December 2019
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Badara v Pulse Healthcare Ltd, the Employment Appeal Tribunal held that the employer should not have relied solely on negative Home Office checks when it dismissed the employee for failing to provide right to work documentation.
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- Date:
- 31 January 2019
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In R (on the application of P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and other appeals, the Supreme Court held that the criminal record checks rule requiring disclosure where a person has more than one conviction, regardless of the circumstances of the offences, is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.
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- Type:
- Tasks
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- Type:
- Tasks
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- Date:
- 5 September 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In Francis-McGann v West Atlantic UK Ltd, the employment tribunal ordered a pilot to repay £4,725 in training costs after it emerged that he provided a fake reference using the name of a character from Star Wars.
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- Date:
- 8 August 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In R (on the application of AR) v Chief Constable of Greater Manchester Police and another, the Supreme Court held that, although the disclosure of the appellant's acquittal for rape was an interference with his human rights, it was justified. However, the Court expressed concern at the lack of guidance for employers on how to deal with disclosures of serious criminal charges that result in acquittals.
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- Date:
- 2 August 2018
- Type:
- Employment law cases
In South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust v Lee and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a decision to withdraw a job offer that was at least partially influenced by a reference that focused on the applicant's sickness absence levels was discriminatory.