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  • Employers' guidance on recruiting people with conflict-related convictions

    Topics:
    • Good Relations and Social Change, 
    • Good Relations and Building a United Community

    Date published: 1 March 2012

    This guidance is for all employers in the public, private andvoluntary sectors. It has been developed by a working groupco-chaired by Sir George Quigley and Nigel Hamilton andcomprising representatives of government departments, theIrish Congress of Trades Unions, the Confederation of BritishIndustry and a representative group of ex-prisoners. It fulfilsthe commitment to the ex-prisoners’ constituency in the GoodFriday Agreement and also the commitment given morerecently by the government in the St Andrews Agreement.

    Documents

    • Employers’ Guidance on Recruiting People with Conflict-Related Convictions Adobe PDF (331 KB)
    • A summary version of the Employers’ Guidance on Recruiting People with Conflict-Related Convictions Adobe PDF (319 KB)
    • First Report of the Review Panel: Employers’ Guidance on Recruiting People with Conflict-Related Convictions - March 2012 Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Second Report of the Review Panel: Employers’ Guidance on Recruiting People with Conflict- Related Convictions – May 2016 Adobe PDF (1 MB)

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