14-05-2008
Privacy International cautions against employee blacklist plans
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Human rights organisation Privacy International has noted that the forthcoming employee blacklist is potentially illegal, it has emerged.
The organisation has issued a warning that the creation of a database of dismissed employees could, under certain conditions, lead to something close to both defamation and libel should a named individual find themselves unable to secure a new job.
Upon the launching of the site later this month, the online database will enable employers to lodge reports against individuals irrespective of whether or not the named person faced charges relating to the listed incident.
"There is no way that this database is necessary or in the substantial public interest. So these employers who want this database have to make their case to Parliament, or else they will be soon in the courts," said a representative from Privacy International.
Specifically, the database will feature the details of former staff members who have left an employer amid accusations of either theft or misconduct.