Candidate Screening - How Far Is Too Far?

Article originally prepared for January/February issue of Contact magazine

In the modern world where it has never been technologically easier to monitor and track the actions of employees it feels counter intuitive to be writing an article that starts from the premise that we shouldn't attempt to find out every possible detail about a potential candidate.  However, with the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and equivalent legislation in both Guernsey and Jersey, for those businesses that do undertake pre-employment screening this will need to be reassessed in light of the new laws.

Probably the three key areas of screening are:

• Criminal records and background checks;