Search results for term: self employment
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“You’re fired!” – Losing my job after my spent conviction came to light due to my own honesty
…have practical self-help information on spent and unspent convictions and employment law and the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act Discuss this issue – There are some interesting discussions related to challenging…
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Will Brexit and Covid improve employment opportunities for people with a criminal record?
…So what does this mean for people with a criminal record who are finding it difficult to get into employment? The Institute of Employment Studies say: “When businesses say ‘We…
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Help us to challenge employment discrimination
Work is progressing well to lay the foundations for our project to challenge employment discrimination. We’re now at the stage where we want to start opening out the conversation, to…
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Blog – Westminster Hall debate on the disclosure of youth criminal records
…on the subject, back in 2017. The report itself was a result of the Committee’s inquiry into disclosure of youth criminal records, launched in 2016, and in some ways a…
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A smarter approach to criminal records?
…proposals are a general relaxation, but they do little to actually improve employment prospects. The critical time for employment is at the beginning of the disclosure period, not the end….
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Patricia – Proof of disclosing for employment disputes
…recalled that she’d had quite a long conversation about her past and was pretty sure that her manager had made some notes about it. As part of her company’s employment…
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Sandra – Using a self-disclosure statement helped my daughter get a college place
…would need to find an alternative. Sandra had arranged a meeting at the college for herself and her daughter to discuss the matter but wanted some advice on how to…
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Baking the world a better place! Bringing about social change and reducing the stigma of a criminal record via a bakery business
…on this page by commenting below Information – We have some practical self-help information on self-employment Discuss this issue – There are some interesting discussions related to this issue on…
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My life behind bars – from prisoner to bar owner
…below Information – We have practical self-help information on self-employment/running your own business Discuss this issue – There are some interesting discussions related to self-employment on our online forum. …
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A life sentence can sometimes be just the beginning of a new life
…We have practical self-help information on looking for (and keeping employment) and disclosing criminal records to employers Discuss this issue – There are some interesting discussions relating to looking for…
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