National Staff Dismissal Register

Eh?

To critics it sounds like a scenario from some Orwellian nightmare. An online database of workers accused of theft and dishonesty, regardless of whether they have been convicted of any crime, which bosses can access when vetting potential employees. But this is no dystopian fantasy. Later this month, the National Staff Dismissal Register (NSDR) is expected to go live.

You what? a database of accusations? That will then be used by employers to make the case for or against employment of an individual worker? Clearly (as Chris points out) vulnerable to a defamation suit, for obviously such a thing must be a purely private sector initiative, yes? We don't, as yet at least, have a government stupid enough to either get involved in something like this or to provide it with any legal protections, do we.

The register is an initiative of Action Against Business Crime (AABC), a partnership between the Home Office and the British Retail Consortium.

Ah, yes, we do have one that stupid.