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Make spent conviction dismissals a protected right for -2 years in employment

Submitted on Monday 16th October 2017

Published on Thursday 26th October 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Thursday 26th April 2018

Signatures: 18

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Make spent conviction dismissals a protected right for -2 years in employment

Petition Details

Having recently been dismissed for having a spent conviction despite the protection under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1979. Under employment law this action is unlawful and would lead to an automatic unfair dismissal if an individual has 2 years service. This action is discrimination.

Additional Information

Sec 4 of the rehabilitation of offenders act 1979 makes it unlawful to be sacked simply for not disclosing a spent conviction, yet there is no penalty or recourse for the rehabilitated person to take action against this form of discrimination!
As this is already listed as an automatic unfair dismissal, then it should be looked at to decrease the requirement of 2 years service and treat it the same as the other protected reasons such as whistleblowing, discrimination etc.


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