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Basic Disclosure Scotland Checks: Everything You Need to Know

Basic DS Checks: Everything You Need to Know Out of the 4 levels of Disclosure Scotland criminal record ...
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DBS Standard Checks: Everything You Need to Know

DBS Standard Checks: Everything You Need to Know Among the 4 levels of DBS checks, the least used ...
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Disclosure Scotland Evolution: What You Need To Know

Disclosure Scotland Evolution: What You Need To Know   In Episode 4 of EBC Global’s Webinar Series, we ...
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UK Driver Check

A Comprehensive Guide To A UK Driver Check (DVLA) A UK Driver Check is an essential step in ...
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCTA): A Game-Changer for UK Businesses The Economic Crime and Corporate ...
The Worker Protection Act 2024

The Worker Protection Act 2024

Employers Must Act Now: The Worker Protection Act 2024 – Ensure Compliance and Safeguard Your Workforce On 26 ...
What is an International Sanctions Search?

What is an International Sanctions Search?

What is an International Sanctions Check? The international sanctions check is a due diligence process used to identify ...
Understanding BS7858 Security Screening

Understanding BS7858 Security Screening: What You Need To Know

Understanding BS7858 Security Screening In Episode 3 of EBC Global’s Webinar Series, we dive deep into BS7858 Security ...
DBS Fees Increase

Price Increases to DBS Fees

EBC Global would like to inform our valued clients and partners about the upcoming changes to the Disclosure ...
Hiring Fraud Prevention

Hiring Fraud Prevention In The UK

Hiring fraud is a growing issue in the UK, posing significant risks to businesses and the economy. As ...
Navigating BPSS Vetting Changes: What You Need To Know

Navigating BPSS Vetting Changes: What You Need To Know

Navigating BPSS Vetting Changes In Episode 2 of EBC Global’s Webinar Series, we provided a comprehensive breakdown of ...
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DBS: What Are The 5 Stages That A DBS Check Can Go Through?

If you have ever tracked the progress of a DBS Standard or Enhanced Check, you might have noticed ...

New Basic Disclosure Scotland Checks

We have some exciting news to share! EBC Global has officially launched our brand-new Basic Disclosure Scotland Check, ...
What the New Digital Information and Smart Data Bill Means for HR

What the New Digital Information and Smart Data Bill Means for HR

Understanding the Digital Information and Smart Data Bill’s Impact on HR Practices The Digital Information and Smart Data ...
New BS7858 Responsibilities For Firms Outsourcing Screening

New BS7858 Responsibilities For Firms Outsourcing Screening

The Importance of BS7858 The cornerstone of security pre-employment screening processes is British Standard 7858 (BS7858). This standard ...
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General Security Awareness Training (GSAT)

In an era where aviation security is paramount, GSAT meaning: General Security Awareness Training plays a pivotal role ...
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What are Credit Checks – Everything you need to know

Here is our guide to credit checks and adverse financial history. From the fundamentals of credit assessments to ...
8 Effective Tips for Expediting Background Checks Blog by EBC Global

8 Effective Tips for Expediting Background Checks

In today’s competitive job market, swiftly securing the right candidates is paramount. Accelerating your background checks can be ...
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A Guide To DBS Basic

Our extensive guide covers the process and answers all the key questions you have about DBS Basic checks. ...
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Right To Work In The UK

Explore our comprehensive guide covering every aspect of Right To Work checks. Get answers to all your questions ...
Enhanced DBS Checks: Everything You Need To Know

Enhanced DBS Checks: Everything You Need to Know

  There are 4 levels of DBS checks. The most comprehensive and powerful is the Enhanced and Enhanced with barred List DBS. DBS (Disclosure ...

GSAT | Available On Employment Check Pro Now!

We are brimming with excitement and joy as we share with you the most thrilling and exhilarating news ...

Employee Credit Check | An Employer’s Guide

Employee Credit Checks are becoming more common for employers and their pre-employment screening process; particularly with the recent ...
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High Potential Individual Visa Route | What Employers Must Know

The UK has announced that they will offer work visas to the “brightest and best” graduates from the ...
Employee Screening

Employee Screening | What To Look Out For

There are many things you need to look out for within your employee screening process. On the surface, ...
Background Screening Process Mistakes

HR Risks – 8 Background Screening Process Mistakes To Avoid

A poorly executed background screening process can lead to a wide array of mistakes that can cause financial, ...
Poor Hiring Decisions

5 Ways To Avoid Poor Hiring Decisions

A recent study by recruitment specialist Robert Half found that 61% of employers have settled, “…for a candidate ...
The Great Resignation

The Great Resignation – 5 Things Employers Must Do Now

The Great Resignation. At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers throughout the world faced difficult personnel decisions, ...
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Credit Checks and Employment in the UK

A credit check allows employers to gain a full understanding of potential candidates and assess their financial standing. ...

How Long Does An Enhanced DBS Check Take?

In the UK, there are three different types of criminal record checks (also known as DBS checks) that ...
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Pre-Employment Background Checks | HR Best Practice

Pre-employment background checks are a cost-effective and efficient way of hiring top quality talent, whilst freeing up valuable ...
Employment Risk

Mitigating Employment Risk with Background Checks

It almost goes without saying that a great company comprises of great employees. But without a proper background ...
Pre Employment Screening Checklist

Pre-Employment Checklist | Always Up To Date

Following a pre-employment checklist can help you prevent hiring the wrong person for the role. In addition, if ...

IDVT and Digital Right to Work Checks

Following the Home Office policy paper published on 27 December 2021, employers will be able to use an ...
Updated Guidance on Right to Work Checks

Updated Guidance on Right to Work Checks

The updated guidance on right to work checks shows there will be many upcoming changes that employers need ...
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Improving the Candidate Experience for Pre-Employment Screening

Pre-employment screening (or background checks) is the final and (arguably) most important stage of the hiring process. An ...
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Disclosure and Barring Service to Reduce Fees from April 2022

The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) have announced plans to reduce fees for all DBS criminal record checks ...
Remote Hiring

Remote Hiring? Avoid These 10 Mistakes!

Remote hiring and remote work is now the norm for most organisations around the world. This shift, influenced ...
Background Check for Small and Medium Companies

Background Checking for Small and Medium Companies

Background checking is often perceived as a practice conducted by large, corporate size organisations only. This perception has ...
Employee Onboarding

10 Employee Onboarding Statistics You Must Consider in 2022

Employee onboarding is one of the most important aspects of every organisation’s recruitment process. Without effective onboarding, companies ...
eVisa

eVisa – Change to Right to Work Check Requirements

This is an update regarding eVisa changes to right to work check requirements. On 30th December 2021, an ...
Digital ID

Digital ID Validation Technology (IDVT) Is A Go

The Home Office have announced they are working with Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the Department for ...
6th April 2022 Right to Work Checks

Digital Right To Work Checks Allowed From 6th April 2022

Update: the end date for temporary adjusted Right to Work (RTW) checks (COVID adjustments) has now been deferred ...
Spent and Unspent Convictions

The Difference Between Spent and Unspent Convictions

A DBS Check may reveal that an applicant has spent and unspent convictions. But what exactly is the ...
Trends Screening and Onboarding 2022

Trends That Will Impact Screening and Onboarding in 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has presented organisations throughout the world with new hiring challenges and demands. In addition, we ...
Employment History

Employment History | Everything you need to know

What is an employment history? An employment history highlights the job roles and experience you have undertaken since ...
Employment Screening - EBC Global

Employment Screening – An Employer’s Guide

Employment screening is the process of verifying the credentials of an applicant or employee. The aim is to ...
Industry Sectors

A-Z of Industry Sectors and the Type of Background Checks Required

Each industry sector has its own rules and regulations regarding employee background checks. In this article, we detail ...
Compliant Recruitment Process - EBC Global

Five Steps to a Compliant Recruitment Process

Maintaining a compliant recruitment process is a challenge many organisations and HR professionals face daily. Oftentimes, the challenges ...
Job Descriptions and Salary

Should Salaries Be Included In Job Descriptions?

Even though 92% of job seekers in the UK rated salary as important in a job description, many ...
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Screening and Evaluating Candidates | A How to Guide

The practice of screening and evaluating candidates has changed significantly over the last decade. Most of the changes ...
Staff Turnover

How Employment Checks Can Reduce Staff Turnover

The cost of staff turnover can be extremely high for any organisation. Depending on your company’s recruiting, onboarding, ...
Future Job Market UK

The Future Job Market In The UK Post-COVID

The future job market in the UK has been shaped drastically by the COVID-19 pandemic. Companies of all ...
Employment Checks - The Process

5 Quick Ways To Ensure Employment Checks Compliance

Assessing your employment checks procedure can be a resource-heavy task. And oftentimes, it requires involvement from various sectors ...
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10 Reasons To Invest In Pre-Employment Background Checks/Screening

Pre-employment background checks (also known as pre-employment screening) should be the most important aspect of your recruitment process. ...
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Return Of Physical Right To Work Checks Postponed Until 5th April 2022

The return of physical right to work checks has been postponed for the third time, until 5th April ...
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What To Do When Your Candidate Fails A Background Check

What causes a failed background check? On paper, you have the best candidate for the job. They interviewed ...
Future of Background Checks

What Does The Future Of Background Checks Look Like?

With the recent governmental changes to right to work checks, there has been a lot of discussion regarding ...
DBS Certificate Delays

What Causes A DBS Certificate To Be Delayed?

On average, a DBS certificate is usually cleared within 24-48 hours. However, a DBS certificate can be subject ...
Right to Work Checks - EUSS

UK Right to Work Checks, End of The EU Settlement Scheme, and Extension of Covid Adjustment

The last few weeks has seen significant changes to UK Right to Work checks and procedures for UK ...

Employment Background Checks | A Step-by-Step Guide

Employment background checks are a part of the recruitment process that ascertains an individual’s professional and personal background. ...
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Dos and Don’ts for Background Screening

On building a background screening process, its unlikely you will get everything right first time. Whilst there is ...
Pre-Employment Checks - EBC Global

What Pre-Employment Checks Do I Need? | An Employer’s Guide

Pre-employment checks (also known as pre-employment screening, or simply ‘background checks’) plays a large part in the recruitment ...
1st July 2021 - Right to work check changes

Right To Work Checks Change From 1st July 2021

Following the end of the Brexit grace period and the recent amendments to ID checking guidelines, a lot ...
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Criminal Record Check | Frequently Asked Questions

A criminal record check, also known as a DBS check, is a background check that reveals if someone ...
ID Checking Guidelines

ID Checking Guidelines Have Changed

As of 1st July 2021, ID checking guidelines changed in the UK. The main change included citizens providing ...
Recruiters

Why Recruiters Should Perform Background Checks

One aspect recruiters often overlook is performing background checks on their candidates. As a recruiter, you may perform ...
1st September 2021

Archived: Return of physical right to work checks postponed until 1st September 2021

UPDATE: The return of physical right to work checks has been postponed twice. Firstly, due to backlash from ...

5 Common Problems with the Background Check Process

There are many issues that companies endure during the background check, onboarding, and staff vetting process. We noticed ...
EU Settlement Scheme

EU Settlement Scheme Applications – What Employers Need To Know

Last updated: 14/07/2021 The EU settlement scheme ended on the 30th June 2021. Free movement ended for EEA ...
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A-Z of Job Roles and the type of DBS check required

We put together an A-Z list of different job roles and the type of DBS check (criminal record ...
Post-Brexit right to work checks

Post-Brexit right to work checks | What employers must know

Last Updated: 18th June 2021 UPDATE: The return of physical right to work checks has been postponed from ...
Background Checks - EBC Global

Background Checks – 10 Common Misconceptions

Since EBC Global formed, we have come across many misconceptions regarding background checks. This has ranged from companies ...
1st September 2021

Archived: Return of physical right to work checks delayed

Last updated: 18th June 2021 This article has been archived. Please click here to view the latest news ...
Employee Screening

Employee background checks – what to look out for

This article has moved to https://ebcglobal.co.uk/employee-screening-what-to-look-out-for/
Standing Out From The Crowd - Job Application

How to make your job application stand out

Have you ever sent a job application and never heard back? If the answer is yes, you are not ...
Onboarding Process

Onboarding Process | Handling your candidate’s personal data

The onboarding process is the most vital part of your recruitment process, and for good reason. You want ...
Right to work changes

Archived: Right to work checks to change

Last updated: 18th June 2021 This article has been archived. Please click here to view the latest news ...
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Software For Background Checks | Employment Check Pro

Software for background checks have proved to be an important tool for many organisations and industries. In recent ...
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Top 5 Reasons Why You Should Perform an Employee Background Check

Why is it important to perform an employee background check?On the surface, it may seem like you are ...
BS7858 - EBC Global

What is the BS7858 Standard?

The BS7858 standard is a code of practice released by BSI (British Standards Institution) that provides recommendations for ...
BPSS

BPSS – Everything You Need To Know

What is a BPSS check? BPSS (Baseline Personnel Security Standard) is a level of pre-employment screening which is ...
Background Check UK

Background Check UK – All you need to know

Background Check UK. Background checks are a typical part of the recruitment and pre-employment screening process in the ...
Vetting Process - Efficiency

The Vetting Process – How to Run an Efficient Operation

When it comes to the vetting process, many human resource departments and professionals alike embrace several challenges.From handling ...
Pre-Employment Screening

What is Pre-Employment Screening? | The Employer’s Guide

Pre-employment screening is a process where employers verify the identity, background, and credentials of a candidate. This process ...
DVLA Checks - EBC Global

DVLA Check | A Guide for Candidates and Employers

A DVLA check is an essential background check if you employ anyone who drives on behalf of your ...
Right To Work Checks Guide

Right To Work Checks – The Latest Employer’s Guide

Last updated: 2nd March 2022 To ensure your organisation’s recruitment and onboarding processes are compliant, we outline the ...
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How Brexit will affect Right to Work checks

UPDATE: Whilst this article provides an overall guide, we recommend reading this more up to date article.UK employers ...
DBS Checks

DBS Check – Everything you need to know

A DBS Check is a legal requirement for employers in the UK. Millions of DBS checks are completed ...
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Background Checks – Ten key checks employers must make

Background checks are an integral part of the recruitment process. However, it is also challenging and complex, with ...

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