Podcast on employment vetting
Thanks to CPDcast, I have recently recorded a podcast on the subject of employment vetting. It deals with various subjects, including CRB checks and the new ISA barring regime. If you want to listen,...
View ArticleA special offer for all our readers
CPDcast have kindly agreed to give our readers free access to my podcast on Employment Vetting. This is what you need to do: Go to www.CPDcast.com Register for a free account with your email address....
View ArticleBanned Aid
In March this year the Information Commissioner took enforcement action against the Consulting Association, which had been operating a secret blacklist of employees in the construction industry,...
View ArticlePanopticon Feedback
One of our readers raised a question arising out of the previous post on employment blacklists. According to this report on the BBC website, Steve Acheson (who was on the blacklist) was the subject of...
View ArticleEMPLOYMENT BLACKLISTING – AN UPDATE
We have previously blogged about this subject at some length: see in particular this post in November last year. A draft statutory instrument, under section 3 of the Employment Relations Act 1999, is...
View ArticleEMPLOYMENT VETTING IN THE COURT OF APPEAL
Employment vetting is of great interest to information lawyers. Any vetting scheme depends on the systematic sharing of information about individuals. Such schemes will always give rise to difficult...
View ArticleVETTING SCHEME HALTED
According to a report on the BBC website this morning, implementation of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 is to be put on hold. The Act introduces a requirement that a wide range of...
View ArticleENHANCED CRB CHECKS – YET AGAIN
The system of CRB checks (established under Part V of the Police Act 1997) is currently under review: for the review’s terms of reference, see here. At present, where an enhanced CRB check is...
View ArticleRetention and disclosure of police caution data infringe Article 8
The European Court of Human Rights yesterday handed down a Chamber judgment in M.M. v United Kingdom (Application no. 24029/07) declaring that the arrangements for the indefinite retention of data...
View ArticleArticle 8 and enhanced criminal record certificates
There have been a number of Panopticon posts about the lawfulness of disclosures in enhanced criminal record certificates. The latest decision is that of Mr Justice Stuart-Smith in R (L) v Chief...
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