Has there been an increase in the number of criminal records checks for engineers in recent years? Factor out jobs which require working with children or vulnerable adults, or those requiring certain types of security clearance.
With certain exceptions, an employer should not be asking about convictions that are spent, and the employee is under no obligation to disclose them.
There have been cases of engineering companies carrying out enhanced DBS checks without any prior warning or for positions that probably don't require them. This shows up ALL spent convictions.
Any employer who fired such an employee could be sued for wrongful dismissal. I cannot see how the employer could possibly successfully sue the employee.
Also, what about convictions that were unspent when the employee started the job but were spent when the management found out about them? Do you retain the employee because the convictions are now spent or do you sack them because they lied on the application form.
With certain exceptions, an employer should not be asking about convictions that are spent, and the employee is under no obligation to disclose them.
There have been cases of engineering companies carrying out enhanced DBS checks without any prior warning or for positions that probably don't require them. This shows up ALL spent convictions.
Any employer who fired such an employee could be sued for wrongful dismissal. I cannot see how the employer could possibly successfully sue the employee.
Also, what about convictions that were unspent when the employee started the job but were spent when the management found out about them? Do you retain the employee because the convictions are now spent or do you sack them because they lied on the application form.
