Posts Tagged ‘Reference Check’

Recent Changes to the Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS): From June 2024

July 12th, 2024 by Jake Waddingham

In June 2024 the UK Government released updated guidance on pre-employment checks for all individuals working for government departments. This guidance is known as the Baseline Personnel Security Standard. What is the BPSS Fundamentally, the BPSS standard outlines the controls in place to protect reputation, integrity and financial assets by identifying any risk of identity […]

Pre-employment Checks – What are they and why they are important – FAQs

July 4th, 2024 by Daisy Birch

Pre-employment screening checks, sometimes referred to as employee background checks, are a crucial and often mandatory part of the onboarding process in many different organisations. Depending on the nature of the position being filled and the industry it pertains to, these checks can range from basic DBS checks and right to work to enhanced criminal […]