Recruitment background checks

New and updated

• Employing foreign nationals

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to reflect that the Government has agreed a further postponement to the Brexit date with the EU.

• Permission to work in the UK contract clause

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Government has agreed a postponement to the Brexit date with the EU.

• Letter asking a job applicant to provide evidence of his or her right to work in the UK

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Government has agreed a postponement to the Brexit date with the EU.

• Employing people from abroad policy

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Government has agreed a postponement to the Brexit date with the EU.

• Letter confirming start date of employment subject to proof of permission to work in the UK

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Government has agreed a postponement to the Brexit date with the EU.

• Letter withdrawing an offer of employment because a job applicant has failed to provide evidence of his or her right to work in the UK

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Government has agreed a postponement to the Brexit date with the EU.

• Tier 2 sponsor compliance and audit preparation checklist

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Government has agreed a postponement to the Brexit date with the EU.

• Record of all workers' right to work in the UK form

  Type:

  Policies and documents

  Updated to reflect that the Government has agreed a postponement to the Brexit date with the EU.

• Job applicants with convictions

  Type:

  Employment law manual

  Updated to include information on R (on the application of P) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and other appeals, in which the Supreme Court considered if the filtering process for DBS checks is incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights.

• Criminal record checks: "Multiple convictions rule" breaches human rights

  Date:

  31 January 2019

  Type:

  Law reports

  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.