Criminal record checks: everything you need to know

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Stephanie Creed

Senior Associate
UK

I am an associate in the International HR Services group based in London, providing strategic and practical solutions for a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters.

More and more employers consider using criminal record checks as part of their recruitment process. Whether this is to meet regulatory requirements or to mitigate risks in the workplace, employers need to make sure that they handle criminal record data correctly.

On Wednesday 13 January, our Bird & Bird HR Data Essentials team was joined by the Disclosure & Barring Service to give you a comprehensive update on this topic.

If you missed it or if you’d like to replay the recording, please click here. You can also access the slides by clicking here.

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