﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>theForum » Looking for employment » Employers practices and policies » Examples of good and bad practice  » Latest Topics</title><generator>InstantForum 2016-2 Final</generator><description>theForum</description><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/</link><webMaster>theForum</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 21:00:32 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Sick days</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost27235.aspx</link><description>Hi all&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;I thought I'd share with you some useful information. Today I went to a recruitment agency, and on the form it said "How many sick days you have had"&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;This question shouldn't be asked directly anymore, and this changed </description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 16:10:53 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Dean91</dc:creator></item><item><title>Name and shame list of employers who discriminate against people with unspent convictions</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost2156.aspx</link><description>In the spirit of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the legal power it gives employers to discriminate against people with unspent convictions I am exercising my right of free speech to name the employers who have rejected me for employment on t</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:59:46 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>aim</dc:creator></item><item><title>Virgin business toolkit</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost22129.aspx</link><description>Virgin has just launched a business toolkit to advise other employers on the merits of hiring former offenders.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;It talks through Virgin Trains experience as an employer, which has been quite focused on specific programmes they have working direct</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:33:04 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Deb S</dc:creator></item><item><title>Rehabilitation - The Myth.</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost1077.aspx</link><description>Today, I attended my weekly appointment with my job advisor. &lt;br&gt;I informed him that last Monday, 30/3/15, I attended a job appointment, to be told that the employer did not employ people with unspent convictions.&lt;br&gt;I informed him that my conviction is n</description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2013 19:37:59 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>doug</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>