They want me to pay £70 for CRB check???

anamenottaken

FireWyrm wrote: »

It does if the 'verification company' being used by your employer offers it as part of a one-stop package which they do along with credit checks and background checks into previous employment. It is obviously the law of unintended consequences. Where once the CRB was only applicable to those working in certain occupations, it is now being done on a blanket basis as one of a series of checks as a direct result of the new 'immigration' process the Government has recently introduced. Employers are merely performing a suite of checks all in one go, of which CRB is one, immigration status another, credit and background checks, yet more.

The same immigration status checks are now to be required for Renting. Regardless of the rights and wrongs of the situation, this is what is happening. As with Data Protection where companies are prohibited from using common sense because of the ridiculous fines, so the same is happening with new 'immigration status check' laws which were half thought out and part baked. It is going to hit all UK workers trying to find a new job and those trying to secure rented accommodation.

Pretty soon, it will just be easier to get a government approved identity card which will be sufficient for all purposes. At the moment, the various situations are not joined to each other, but this is just introducing identification cards by the back door. Although people dont want them, the Government will just make it difficult to exist without one - like bank accounts.

Can you please name one of these verification companies which are illegally applying for DBS checks on potential or current employees where their role is not one relevant to the DBS check process?

sweetilemon

I've always been lucky and companies have paid for my CRBs but I know the local council ask new employees to pay theirs which is a lot of money if you go for a few hours cleaning contract. I don't think it's as unusual these days but I still don't agree.