The recruitment and selection of employees is a significant responsibility, which has a direct impact on company performance. An organisation is only as effective as its employees and bad recruitment decisions can lead to poor performance, low productivity, high turnover and increased recruitment costs.

In addition, recruiting staff is a high risk activity with lots of legislation to comply with, where   the consequences of getting it wrong could lead to unlimited amounts of compensation being awarded against the company.

It is important for a company to have a clear process to manage its recruitment activity which takes into account the law and good practice, beginning with identifying the company’s requirements through to offer stage, in order to minimise the risk of potential claims and maximise the likelihood of a successful appointment. 

Guidance on the legal implications and example letters and templates are provided in the resouces section below.