Isn removal of provisional listing a reduction in protection?
[Note: provisional listing stops staff working whilst a decision on whether or not to bar is being considered. ISA will not do that, and in the transitional period will not inform a known employer when ISA is minded to bar a person] The removal of provisional listing will not reduce protection because: • employers are reminded to follow good recruitment and employment practice in order to help protect children and vulnerable adults • employers already have a legal duty to exercise ‘due diligence’ by checking references and previous employment history before employing someone in case the person is moving jobs whilst under consideration for a possible bar. In some sectors, this is required by regulations and/or national minimum standards • often it is the employer who starts the referral of an individual for possible barring: any employer who originates a referral must first have at least suspended the individual or moved them to a non-care position • for the few cases where an employer
