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Rights groups condemn government’s failure to fix broken DBS system
Supreme Court ruled one year ago that disclosure and barring service rules breach rights DBS system continues to unlawfully breach rights of people with multiple minor convictions and childhood cautions. A year after the UK’s highest court found current rules on criminal records checks breach human rights laws, Unlock, Liberty and Just for Kids Law... - 17/10/2019in Ban the box, Employment, Employment discrimination, Latest, News & Media
Blog – Government publishes summary of responses to call for evidence on the employment of people with convictions
Last week, more than a year since the consultation closed, the Cabinet Office published a summary of responses to their Call for Evidence (CfE) on employing people with convictions. But what does this summary of responses mean for the future? This blog looks at some of the promising signs, some areas for improvement, and questions...
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There's a talent pool of over 11 million people that you might be overlooking. People with criminal records make good employees. Make sure you're not missing out. Recruit! is a website from Unlock that supports UK employers to recruit people with convictions and helps them to deal with criminal records fairly.
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Overview of project
Find out more about the work that we're doing to support employers to recruit people with convictions and challenge employment discrimination.
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Our approach to employers
This page explains our approach to employers as part of this project.
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Supporting & challenging employers
We are working with employers to develop and implement fair and inclusive policies and procedures that support the recruitment of people with convictions.
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Stopping unlawful checks
We are challenging employers who breach the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act by carrying out unlawful criminal record checks or unlawfully take into account spent convictions.Click here to find out more
Pushing for improvements to how the DBS works
We are working to ensure criminal record checks operate fairly for people with convictions, and are tightened so that employers are unable to carry out ineligible checks.
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Case studies
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Project contact
This project is overseen by Christopher Stacey, Co-director of Unlock. Click above to find contact details.
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We’re on the look-out for evidence of bad practice by employers with regards to the policies and processes that they have in place for job applicants with criminal records.Supported by
We're grateful to the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for their support of this work