Recruitment

Recruitment

STOP PRESS: The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published draft guidance on keeping employment records and recruitment and selection which is open for consultation until 5 March 2024, and has also removed the employment practices code (first published in March 2022, and last updated in November 2011) and supplementary guidance from its employment information page. For more information, see Q&A: What is the status of the ICO employment practices code? and ICO removes employment practices code and related guidance from its Employment information guidance page, LNB News 15/12/2023 112. This Practice Note will be updated once the ICO draft guidance is finalised.

This subtopic provides guidance to employers on all aspects of the recruitment process.

See the Recruitment process—flowchart and Recruitment—best practice—checklist for an overview of the steps to take and issues to consider when recruiting an employee. See also Precedent: Letter—advice to employer client on recruitment process.

It is important that anyone involved in recruitment is aware of the principles of good practice, particularly in relation to discrimination and data protection.

It is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person:

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