{"id":3973,"date":"2014-07-15T11:17:34","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T10:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blsblog\/?p=549"},"modified":"2014-07-15T11:17:34","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T10:17:34","slug":"hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/","title":{"rendered":"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/bls_feature_robm.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-68\" alt=\"bls_feature_robm\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/bls_feature_robm-150x150.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Two surveys have highlighted the risk of candidates providing fake references and the fact that a large number of staff fail their probationary periods. This suggests that employers may need to review their procedures for checking references and for assessing probationary periods. The Federation of Small Businesses and BBC1 worked together on a survey of 1,800 small firms and found that 17% had discovered candidates with fraudulent references. According to an article in The Telegraph, a survey by Spring Personnel found that almost one in five new employees fail to get past their probationary period or have their time on trial extended. Poor performance and absence were the most common reasons for a failure to pass.<\/p>\n<p>A checklist that highlights the key legal issues a business should consider when hiring an employee is available on request.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two surveys have highlighted the risk of candidates providing fake references and the fact that a large number of staff fail their probationary periods. This suggests that employers may need to review their procedures for checking references and for assessing probationary periods. The Federation of Small Businesses and BBC1 worked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":3803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1487,338],"tags":[1684,1687,1787,1895],"class_list":["post-3973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-business","category-employment","tag-employees","tag-employment-records","tag-legal-updates","tag-references"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods | Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods | Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Two surveys have highlighted the risk of candidates providing fake references and the fact that a large number of staff fail their probationary periods. This suggests that employers may need to review their procedures for checking references and for assessing probationary periods. The Federation of Small Businesses and BBC1 worked [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-07-15T10:17:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_robm_panel.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"160\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"140\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Rob Moore\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Rob Moore\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Rob Moore\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4e8988231077497f4acee7c892e6ac5f\"},\"headline\":\"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-15T10:17:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":141,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/blue_robm_panel.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"employees\",\"Employment records\",\"Legal updates\",\"references\"],\"articleSection\":[\"All Business\",\"Employment Advice\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/\",\"name\":\"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods | Blogs\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/blue_robm_panel.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2014-07-15T10:17:34+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/blue_robm_panel.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/blue_robm_panel.jpg\",\"width\":160,\"height\":140},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"All Business\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/category\\\/all-business\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Blogs\",\"description\":\"Taylor Emmet Sheffield Solicitors\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Blogs\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/cropped-tayloremmet_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/04\\\/cropped-tayloremmet_logo.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"Blogs\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/4e8988231077497f4acee7c892e6ac5f\",\"name\":\"Rob Moore\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9baa727a4b3eaead463dc9578ad374b6163f28c63434d22a3ed762856affe6fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9baa727a4b3eaead463dc9578ad374b6163f28c63434d22a3ed762856affe6fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/9baa727a4b3eaead463dc9578ad374b6163f28c63434d22a3ed762856affe6fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Rob Moore\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\\\/blogs\\\/author\\\/robmoore\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods | Blogs","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods | Blogs","og_description":"Two surveys have highlighted the risk of candidates providing fake references and the fact that a large number of staff fail their probationary periods. This suggests that employers may need to review their procedures for checking references and for assessing probationary periods. The Federation of Small Businesses and BBC1 worked [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/","og_site_name":"Blogs","article_published_time":"2014-07-15T10:17:34+00:00","og_image":[{"width":160,"height":140,"url":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_robm_panel.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Rob Moore","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Rob Moore","Estimated reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/"},"author":{"name":"Rob Moore","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/4e8988231077497f4acee7c892e6ac5f"},"headline":"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods","datePublished":"2014-07-15T10:17:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/"},"wordCount":141,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_robm_panel.jpg","keywords":["employees","Employment records","Legal updates","references"],"articleSection":["All Business","Employment Advice"],"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/","name":"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods | Blogs","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_robm_panel.jpg","datePublished":"2014-07-15T10:17:34+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_robm_panel.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/blue_robm_panel.jpg","width":160,"height":140},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/hiring-an-employee-references-and-probationary-periods\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"All Business","item":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/category\/all-business\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Hiring an employee: references and probationary periods"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/","name":"Blogs","description":"Taylor Emmet Sheffield Solicitors","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#organization","name":"Blogs","url":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cropped-tayloremmet_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/cropped-tayloremmet_logo.png","width":300,"height":177,"caption":"Blogs"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/4e8988231077497f4acee7c892e6ac5f","name":"Rob Moore","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9baa727a4b3eaead463dc9578ad374b6163f28c63434d22a3ed762856affe6fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9baa727a4b3eaead463dc9578ad374b6163f28c63434d22a3ed762856affe6fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9baa727a4b3eaead463dc9578ad374b6163f28c63434d22a3ed762856affe6fe?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Rob Moore"},"url":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/author\/robmoore\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tayloremmet.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}