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Criminal record ‘worst thing to tell an employer’
Three out five people in the UK say having a criminal record would be most embarrassing thing to have to tell their employers. In a survey commissioned by crime reduction charity Nacro, 61% of people said it would be the worst thing to have to reveal. Having a mental health problem came second with 47% and bankruptcy came third with 44%.Jackie Lowt...
News | 10 Sep 2010
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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 ...
News | 19 Jan 2007
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Criminal records: who, where and how?
...fice's permanent secretary, alleges that neither he nor any other ministers knew about the backlog until last week. An unnamed senior civil servant, who supposedly did know, has been suspended after offering information to the inquiry. A team of police officers have been cross checking with the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to discover if any of the most dangerous offenders, of which there were 525, have applied for jobs working with children or vulnerable groups. It was confirmed this week that four drug offenders and a people smuggler had applied to work with children or vulnerable adults. So far it...
News | 16 Jan 2007
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criminal records check forcing me out of job
Discrimination is ugly in all it's forms and to be honest i have to admit to being there as an employer of instructor / mentors for young offenders and was actively looking for those with criminal records ! Before and even after Capita & CRB it was still easier to call the local Police Inteligence officer as they would be contacted by the CRB anyway and providing the individual didn't appear on list 99, sex offenders, evrything else could be seen as a qualification. If the CRB Checks were see...
Comment | 26 Oct 2008
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criminal records check forcing me out of job
Lucille, CRB checks are not carried out by the police. They are carried out by the Home Office Criminal Records Bureau. Their web address is www.crb.gov.uk; the phone number for if anything goes wrong is 0870 90 90 811.
Comment | 15 Oct 2008
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criminal records check forcing me out of job
...as a "genuine" subby with a verbal contract with my employers - i worked for them -- they paid me ,that sort of contract- my employers did stop tax from my wages during my employment with them, i had worked for their main suppliers of work for a number of years without problem both before i got a criminal record and just recently again with them-recently because i was living away for 6months (living away wasnt my being jailed) my main upset is the main contractor putting pressure on my employer over this issue resulting in me losing my work because of the crb check and my employers not wanting to l...
Comment | 12 Sep 2008
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criminal records check forcing me out of job
Hello, This is not an uncommon situation actually. http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/careers/200255/236472/on-the-record/ "More than one in four people reading this article will have a criminal record. If you include people with cautions, reprimands and final warnings on their record then the numbers are even higher. The majority of these ex-offenders are not hardened villains - on the whole, they are normal citizens who have discovered that even if their only crime happened decades ago, ...
Comment | 6 Sep 2008
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criminal records check forcing me out of job
i am a self employed contractor who is in a pickle, the company i sub contract too have been asked by one of their biggest employers for criminal records checks on its staff (i) being one of them,where do i stand being a 'subby' on them 'letting me go' because of my criminal record ??,i have no contract of employment with the firm i currently work for as i'm a sub contractor. any advice in words of law ? thx
Comment | 5 Sep 2008
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Are criminal record checks too slow?
The Government has been urged to increase resources at the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and to put pressure on the organisation to improve its performance. The CRB provides checks on potential new recruits for employers working to provide services to vulnerable groups (such as nurseries and care homes). For around £30 per check the CRB will provide the firm with a repo...
News | 8 Aug 2006
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Compulsory criminal record checks extended to NHS staff
Health Minister John Hutton has announced that all eligible new recruits into the NHS must undergo checks on their criminal record, under new measures to increase patient safety. From early next year, Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks will become mandatory for every new recruit with access to patients as part of their normal duties. Staff requiring checks will include all medical, nursing and other staff with direct patient contact, as well as staff whose work provides access to patients, such as cleaners ...
News | 19 Oct 2004
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Increased Fee for Criminal Record Checks Announced
The Government announced last week that the 2003/4 fees for carrying out a criminal record check will be £24 for a Standard Disclosure and £29 for an Enhanced Disclosure. Both disclosures currently cost £12. There are three levels of Disclosure available through the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB): Basic, Standard and Enhanced. Each one costs £12. Standard and Enhanced Disclosures are intended for those people whose jobs involve working with children and vulnerable adults. For more information, call the Criminal Records Bureau general enquiry line, tel. 0870 90 90 811. ...
News | 9 Jun 2003
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Ex-Offenders Will Be Able to Hide Criminal Record from Employers
New Government proposals will make it much harder for employers to investigate the criminal records of prospective employees. The key points of the proposals to reform the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act are as follows: - Offenders jailed for four years or more would only have to disclose their criminal record for the first four years after their sentence finishes. - Offenders jailed for less...
News | 11 Apr 2003
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Criminal Records Bureau frustrates employers
In March of this year the Criminal Records Bureau was formed in order to be able to run background checks on people about to be appointed to jobs working with children or vulnerable adults. Now some three months after its incorporation the service is in crisis, prompting Education Secretary Estelle Morris to complain to her cabinet colleagu...
News | 21 Jun 2002
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Criminal record ‘worst thing to tell an employer’
...ved their time / fine / community service and therefore are once again a free member of society. Obviously there are certain offences that need measures for life (sex crimes etc), but to take Colin's case, he has received his punishment from the courts (I assume) and to continue to treat him like a criminal is plain wrong.
Comment | 17 Sep 2010
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Criminal record checks by employers
If an employer is now obligated to request a Criminal record check on employees who have been in employment for five years, who is obligated to foot the bill, the employer or the employee?
Comment | 4 Dec 2003
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Criminal record checks
...uced three new levels of criminal record checks for employers. For employers who are not registered with the office they are only able to obtain the basic Criminal Conviction Certificate. For those employers who are registered with the Office they can obtain further details of convictions through a Criminal Records Certificate or an Enhanced Criminal Record Certificate
News | 12 Nov 2001
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Increased Fee for Criminal Record Checks Announced
...ets at the same time as its fees are going up. As a further blow to employers, turnaround times are set to double to two weeks for standard disclosure, and increase to four weeks for the enhanced check." Mr Dua concluded: "The CRB failed at the outset to understand how people would apply for criminal record checks and completely misjudged the capacity that it would need. With problems as fundamental as this it's not surprising that the system degenerated into chaos and businesses and their employees are now picking up the bill."
Comment | 30 Jun 2003
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Criminal record checks by employers
...l requirement to make the check or it can be justified in the public interest.A new system of checks is currently being implemented in the UK and will introduce three new levels of checks. The Scottish Criminal Record Office (SCRO) will be responsible for the new scheme in Scotland. (In England the Criminal Records Bureau will deal with requests for checks)There will be three different levels of criminal record check and related certificates under the Act:-A Criminal Conviction Certificate (CCCs) – This is the basic certificate and will show all convictions held at national level which are not "spent" under...
News | 17 Jul 2001
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Fees for criminal record checks
Fees for the three levels of criminal record checks through the new Criminal Records Bureau will be £12, Home Office Minister Charles Clarke announced today. The Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) will start issuing disclosures (criminal records checks) later this year. Once the CRB is fully operational, any employer or voluntary organisation will be able to ask a person seeking a job ...
News | 3 Apr 2001
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Employers’ access to criminal records ‘will make it harder to prevent re-offending’
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation has warned that new legislation planned to give employers access to the criminal records of job applicants will add to discrimination against offenders in the labour market - increasing the risk they will revert to criminal activity. The study found that although a third of men have a criminal conviction by the age of 30 (excluding motoring offences), in over 22,000 job applications ...
News | 5 Oct 2001
