a 1930s film. Back to the days of being dismissed without references.

That doesn't sound like something that would be addressed by this.

I suspect that the previous employer did not, in fact, sack the employee for embezzlement, so those patterns would not have made it into the record. They probably discovered or verified them after review, prompted by the second employer's contact.

Sounds like "weasel words" to me. I highly recommend Scott Adams' "Way of the Weasel." -A seminal business techniques manual.

So, another vast database monitoring our lives. Has the issue of false or malicious accusation been properly addressed by this company? No - i didn't think so.

Where will it end?

Anyone else read Marshall Brain's thought essay entitled "Mana"?

You should: it's really scary - http://www.marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm - and this is one of the precursors he thinks is required...

CRB Checks, Sacking Checks at this rate no one will be able to get a job as we will all be barred.

Or it will take for ver to get the results back and we will all be on hand outs waiting for our new contracts to kick in.

Time to move to Poland to fill the skill shortage me thinks.

But don't Employers already have the opportunity to desribe their opinion of a worker?

Fear of legal action causes the majority to provide 'neutral' comments, when in fact some employees may be real sh1ts.

[OK, OK, some employers can be real sh1ts too, but it's easier for a disgruntled employee to walk, than it is for a disgruntled employee to give a worker the shove.]

"NRB" is succint, truthful and honest.

I am all for it

can be seen from here :

As employers enter data in this database without control and on a voluntary basis, it will be used as a management and strategic tool.

- the threat of being inscribed in it will be used to make employees comply to unwholesome requests.

- it will be in the interest of the company to accumulate dirt on someone valuable leaving for legitimate reasons, so as not to release this employee to competitors.

- conversely, it will be in the company's best interest not to say anything bad about someone authentically dishonest and/or incompetent, so as to cripple competitors. With the added bonus of keeping blackmail potential against the newly departed

This will end well...

So now the private sector is apparently Judge, jury and executioner. Treating people like shit really is one of the areas where the British are the worlds most innovative,

it exists, but I've just wasted half an hour of my all too precious time looking for it and I can't find it. Somewhere out there, though, is a web page where EMPLOYEES can rate their employers in order to pre-inform potential job applicants.

What the Trade Unions should do, in response to this nonsense, is formalise that approach and create a national - or even international - database of bad employers with verifiable examples of their practices...

Somehow, I don't think this will work since many of the incompetents are in the management !! If you don't believe me, find out why the NHS new IT system never worked !!