Can employers rely on criminal record checks?

The recent criminal records scandal has raised questions over how effective the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), the organisation which currently carries out criminal record pre-employment checks, really is.

Critics have warned that employers can not fully rely on CRB checks if police records are not up to date - after all CRB checks are only as good as the information the agency is able to access. However, the Home Office has insisted that employers should still have faith in CRB checks desp... (477 more words)

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