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Employee dismissed for having a criminal record seeks redress
By Indira Das-Gupta, Third Sector, 17 October 2007
A support worker at a not-for-profit organisation that cares for vulnerable people was dismissed weeks into the job for having a criminal record, despite having mentioned her record before her appointment.
Frances O'Brien, 35, said she showed her most recent Criminal Records Bureau check to Octavia Housing & Care's HR department when she accepted the job, even though she was under no obligation to do so, because she wanted to be "up front" about her past. She said Paul Devine, special...
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