Many employers know that their recruitment process must be fair and will strive to ensure that they do not discriminate against applicants at any stage of the process. To find the right person for the job you will need to devise a suitable job description, a profile of the ideal applicant and an advertisement. Throughout this process you need to ensure that there is no inadvertent discrimination against anyone on the grounds of sex, race, disability, religion, belief or sexual orientation.
When interviewing, each candidate must be treated equally and fairly. Once the best candidate has been have identified you must be aware of how to make a formal offer and what details should be included.
Employment and discrimination is an area of the law which has been subject to significant change and continues to become more complex, particularly under influence of EU legislation with legislation preventing discrimination on the grounds of age imminent.
With expertise in the field of recruitment and employment law more generally, we can assist you devise and implement a recruitment policy which will ensure you keep on the right side of the law.