An employer's duty

I read with interest your article about Tinies agency being ordered to disclose references it receives to candidates who request them (News, 1 February). Ben Black is quoted as saying, 'If nursery managers or parents felt under any intimidation, imagined or real, not to disclose full details about a former nursery worker or nanny, then there is a real danger the wrong people could slip through the net.' PANN believes that any employer who knowingly fails to disclose genuine concerns about a childcarer would be failing in their professional duties.