Recruitment background checks

New and updated

• Type:

  Legal timetable

  Youth cautions and multiple convictions no longer automatically disclosed under changes to DBS filtering rules

  The draft Order amends the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 to end the automatic disclosure of youth cautions and multiple convictions.

• Type:

  Editor's choice

  Brexit: resource round-up

  Updated with new resources on sponsor licences and the EU settlement scheme.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Recruiting people to work with children and/or vulnerable adults policy

  Updated to reflect that changes to the DBS filtering rules relating to youth cautions and multiple convictions are due to take effect from 28 November 2020.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Job applicants with convictions

  Updated to reflect that changes to the DBS filtering rules relating to youth cautions and multiple convictions are due to take effect from 28 November 2020.

• Type:

  Policies and documents

  Policy on recruitment of ex-offenders

  Updated to reflect that changes to the DBS filtering rules relating to youth cautions and multiple convictions are due to take effect from 28 November 2020.

• Type:

  Employment law manual

  Employing foreign nationals

  Updated to reflect that legislation to end freedom of movement has had Royal Assent.

• Date:

  10 November 2020

  Type:

  Commentary and analysis

  DBS checks: How rehabilitation periods are changing

  Jessica Maguire examines a recent white paper and outlines how the government is proposing to change rehabilitation periods and when a conviction becomes 'spent'.

• Type:

  How to

  How to employ international students

  Updated to reflect that the student visa replaced the tier 4 (general) visa from 5 October 2020.

• Type:

  FAQs

  How should employers carry out right to work in the UK checks for European nationals following Brexit?

• Type:

  FAQs

  Why is it important for European nationals in the UK to obtain settled or pre-settled status?