Employment Notes

US: NYC Fair Chance Act updates challenge finance employers

UK: proposed changes to requirements for disclosure of criminal records

UK: new resources on criminal record checks, mental health and dyslexia

Unlock has published new guidance for employers on criminal record checks, to which the ICO has contributed. The guidance states that checks at the …

Hong Kong: The Requirement of Being 'Fit and Proper'

In many industries, it is a requirement that certain individuals performing regulated activities are, and remain, fit and proper. For example, these …

Hong Kong: Disclosure of Criminal Convictions

Employers often seek to carry out criminal and other background checks on new employees as part of their pre-hire processes. The discovery of a prior …

Asia: Pre-employment screening

Pre-employment screening can be a useful tool in ensuring you are hiring the right person for the right role. Here we look at the issues that may arise …

Australia: Dismissal for criminal convictions – The importance of proper identification of inherent requirements and considering mitigating factors

A recent report by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) reinforces the risks in dismissing an employee on the basis of past criminal …

UK: Review of tribunal fees; prohibition on enforced subject access requests for criminal records; FCA/PRA whistleblowing proposals

The Business Secretary is reported to have launched a review of employment tribunal fees in light of inaction from the Ministry of Justice (see …

UK: New resources

The Disclosure & Barring Service has produced a new Guide for Employers following changes to the criminal records regime, available here.

UK: Employment law reform - timetable for tribunal reform, Queen's speech, DBS certificates, consultation on equal pay audits

The Government has confirmed that revised employment tribunal rules and fees for employment tribunal claims will apply from 29 July 2013. The new rules …

UK: Employment law reforms - revised timetable

The Government has published revised timings for some of the employment law changes in the pipeline, available here.  It appears that restricting …

UK: New resources - March 2012

HMRC guidance on dual contracts, covering (i) when duties in the UK are merely incidental to duties outside the UK and (ii) the documents HMRC …