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Report encourages offender employment
A new report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) is urging the government to encourage employers to take on offenders.
The report finds that three quarters of organisations would consider employing ex-offenders if they had the relevant skills.
It says that to meet the needs of employers the government needs to focus on equipping ex-offenders with more marketable job skills.
It also advocates improving and raising awareness about support that is available to employers who take on ex-offenders.
The CIPD’s diversity adviser, Dianah Worman OBE, said: "Ex-offenders are a largely unused pool of talent which employers could access as a way of helping to reduce skills shortages.
"Getting involved in the rehabilitation of ex-offenders through corporate social responsibility initiatives will help to create economically successful communities in which individuals and businesses can benefit," she added.
The CIPD has over 127,500 members and is the primary professional institute for those involved in the management and development of people.
