Here you’ll find links to all our guidance for employers, as well as guidance for insurers and universities. You’ll also find a timeline of new and updated guidance.
Approaching criminal records
Read the summary or go straight to detailed guidance on:
Asking about criminal records
Read the summary or go straight to detailed guidance on:
Assessing criminal records
Read the summary or go straight to detailed guidance on:
- how to carry out an assessment
- when to ignore spent records
- when to ignore filtered records
Checking criminal records
Read the summary or go straight to detailed guidance on:
During employment
Sector specific guidance
More Information
Useful resources and links – including links to:
- downloads and resources from us
- links to other resources
- links to other organisations
Other guidance
Although this site is primarily targeted at employers, we also use it to include guidance to others where this is linked to employment in some way.
Insurers
Guidance for insurers – including best practice and suggested wording of questions
Universities
Guidance for universities
Recent guidance
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