Qualification Quagmire – Misrepresenting Qualifications In The Workplace

Recent media reports have, once again, highlighted the potential problem of employees or prospective employees submitting fraudulent qualifications to employers. Scandals involving falsified and misrepresented qualifications are not new, but in this article, we remind employers what their recourse is should they find themselves in this position and what they ought to do in order to mitigate against these risks.

The misrepresentation of qualifications to a potential or existing employer manifests in a variety of ways. In this regard, individuals may claim that they have qualifications that they have only partially completed or claim to have qualifications that they do not possess at all. These claims can sometimes be coupled with forged documents or documents unlawfully obtained through bribery or similar conduct. The question that employers will face in uncovering these sorts of misrepresentations is, what can they do? A question that becomes more difficult if the