In a two part series in the March and April 2009 Security publication Risk UK , Norman Mortell – Director of Agenda Security Services looks at the background checking of employees and applicants. With 39% of UK organisations having experienced a situation where their vetting procedures have allowed an employee to be hired who was later found to have lied or misrepresented themselves.
Norman discusses the importance of CRB checks with recent government announcement that a programme has being set up to treble the removal of illegal immigrants and failed asylum-seekers to 2500 a week and seek ‘high profile prosecutions’ for employers. To read these articles in full please visit the Risk UK website.
