| 1 | Business immigration: overview This note introduces some of the most relevant concepts of business immigration law, such as business visitors, who can work in the UK without permission, the offence of illegal working and the points-based system (PBS). | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 2 | Prevention of illegal working and establishing the right to work ... A note on what an employer needs to do to prevent illegal working within its organisation and the steps it needs to take to ensure that its employees have the right to work in the UK. The note also outlines what sanctions an employer may face under the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006, which came into force on 29 February 2008.For information on the rules that apply to those individuals employed before 29 February 2008, see Practice note, Establishing the right to work in the UK (prior to 29 Februrary 2008). | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 3 | Recruitment A note considering the legal risks in the recruitment process and the steps an employer should take to avoid them. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 4 | Recruitment: toolkit A toolkit to direct users to PLC Employment materials on the legal and practical issues relevant to the recruitment process. These include identifying and advertising vacancies, shortlisting and interviewing, and making conditional offers of employment. | Practice note: overview | Maintained |
| 5 | Appointing school teachers and support staff This note sets out the procedures and law governing the appointment of staff working in maintained schools in England and Wales. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 6 | Carrying out criminal records checks A note on the current law and best practice for employers seeking to check the criminal records of prospective and current employees, as well as those of other workers and volunteers. It considers the questions that employers can ask, taking account of the regime of spent and unspent convictions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (SI 1975/1023). The note also considers the circumstances in which checks through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) (formed when the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) merged on 1 December 2012) are available. It takes account of the reform of the regime made by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 7 | DBS checks and the children's barred list: a quick guide for ... A quick guide for local authorities and schools on the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 8 | Employment of children This practice note covers the main provisions governing the employment of children and the powers that local authorities have to regulate that employment. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 9 | Establishing the right to work in the UK (prior to 29 February ... A practice note on the question of whether an overseas national employed prior to 29 February 2008 has the right to work in the UK under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996. For information on the rules that apply to those employed on or after that date, see Practice note, Prevention of illegal working and establishing the right to work in the UK. | Practice notes | 28-Feb-2008 |
| 10 | Obtaining a medical report on an employee This practice note considers the circumstances in which an employer might need to obtain a medical report on employees or workers and the steps that an employer must take when requesting a medical report (whether from a general practitioner, a specialist consultant, a company doctor or an occupational health specialist). It considers the impact of the Access to Medical Reports Act 1988, the Data Protection Act 1988 and the use of medical reports in tribunal proceedings. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 11 | Protection of Freedoms Act 2012: public sector implications A note on the Protection of Freedoms Bill which received Royal Assent on 1 May 2012 to become the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 12 | References A note outlining the legal issues facing employers when considering whether to provide a reference for an employee or ex-employee or to request a reference for a prospective employee. | Practice notes | Maintained |
| 13 | Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 This note highlights the key provisions of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (as amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and their effect on employers and other organisations that involve their employees, workers or volunteers in regulated activity with children or vulnerable adults. In particular, the note considers the definitions of regulated activity and the requirements placed on both regulated activity providers (RAPs) and personnel suppliers, including that of providing prescribed information to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The DBS was formed on 1 December 2012 on the merger of the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA). Criminal offences that may be committed by RAPs and personnel suppliers who fail to observe their obligations are also considered. | Practice notes | Maintained |