Men who were a part of a 1970s campaign group for the legalisation of paedophilia were employed in roles where they came into contact with minors, BBC News reported on 8 January.

More than 160,000 people in the UK have had minor childhood transgressions disclosed to prospective employers during a background check in the past decade, the Telegraph revealed on Monday (19...

A care assistant who was charged with murder was unfairly dismissed, a tribunal found, as her employer did not properly investigate whether the charges would cause damage to their reputation.

The final day of this year’s CIPD Festival of Work took place at London’s Excel centre yesterday (13 June). Here are our highlights.

A change in the law will significantly reduce the time people with criminal convictions are legally required to declare them to potential employers after serving their sentence.

UK employers are more likely to hire people with previous criminal convictions than they were a decade ago, according to research from Working Chance, an employment charity for women with convictions.

Employers are losing out on a huge talent pool by not considering people with criminal records for employment.

Charity Unlock has issued guidance for employers around hiring candidates with criminal records

The Adam Johnson case highlights the issue of when to dismiss an employee charged with or convicted of an offence