In late 2018 the UK government released an app to try to make it easier for EU nationals to register their UK residency after Brexit through their smartphones. The app would check that someone’s identity was genuine, and would verify that the document they uploaded (either an EU biometric passport or a UK residence card with biometric chip) was genuine. It didn’t, …

Caroline Nevitte from People Management has suggested they’re looking mainly for positive working environments, but also expect a few other things… Generation Z (those born between 1997 and early 2010’s) are now graduating from university and making their move into a working world that is starting to place more emphasis on the employee experience. A recent article from People Magazine …

The latest research from the CIPD has predicted that employment growth will continue into the next quarter of the year, but this could cause challenges!

New figures have found that 32.72 million people over the age of 16 are now in employment, the difference of 457,000 from February 2018.

Crowe UK has recently published the Real Cost of Recruitment Fraud report in conjunction with University of Portsmouth. The report established that the annual cost of recruitment fraud to UK businesses is a whopping £23.9 billion! The statistics don’t lie – around 5,000 CV checks were carried out, out of which more than 75% contained discrepancies, 20% used inflated job …

It never fails to spark a debate in the pub – but now people applying for civil service jobs are being asked it too. Government bosses want to know how working class their staff think they are – when compared with most people. The answers will not be used to decide who gets a job – but to help recruit …

Private firms in the UK are expected to give employees an average pay increase of 2.5 per cent in 2019, the latest analysis from XpertHR revealed recently. Zawya reported on the prediction, noting that this is the same level of pay increase as recorded in 2018. However, other research released by jobs site Indeed highlighted some jobs where salaries are increasing much …

The government has launched a consultation, set to come to an end on April 22nd, on whether or not private hire and taxi drivers could have to pass further criminal record checks before being granted their licences. At the moment, councils around the UK set their own standards for drivers, which includes whether or not they need to make the …

A review into the handling of a sexual abuse case has highlighted just how important it is to have proper safeguarding procedures in place and to prioritise the appropriate governance processes within the NHS – which may well spur you on to ensure you’re making good use of international background screening companies before you hire new staff members in the …

Around a fifth of national employers – including a number of household name companies – ask jobseekers for information about criminal records they are not legally entitled to. Research by Unlock, a charity supporting people with convictions, found that almost three-quarters of companies continue to ask about criminal records at job application stage. Criminal record checks Criminal record checks: Quick …

This British Standard gives recommendations for the security screening of individuals to be employed in an environment where the security and/or safety of people, goods and services, personal data or property is a requirement of the employing organisation’s operations and/or where such security screening is in the public and/or corporate interest. The scope allows organisations in all environments to adopt …

What will it mean to my business? Right to work checks – Employees have a legal duty to prevent illegal workers in the UK. Fines for non-compliance can exceed £20,000 per individual. Identity verification – Is the person you are employing a risk to your current work force? Research shows ever increasing levels of CV discrepancies. Criminal record checks – Reduction of …

An OSINT check is an open source intelligence check and can also be referred to as an internet/web mining check. It is used as part of a background screening check and looks at a candidate’s online activity. Searching a candidate’s online activity, including social media, images and publications, is becoming an increasingly important element of pre-employment screening and it helps …

A network of Registered Bodies is to come together to form a recognised group of criminal record check professionals. The group, called the Criminal Records Trade Body (CRTB) will form a committee within the National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) Europe Chapter. This group will provide an authoritative and independent voice, representing a wide range of sectors of sectors with the …