The portability service for Criminal Records Bureau checks - which allows nannies to use their latest CRB disclosure for all the job agencies they register with - is under threat from Government proposals to require a new disclosure and fee payment at every agency registration. The Recruitment and Employment Confederation has protested to the Home Office that the plans to withdraw portability would slow down the job market and hinder flexibility for nannies and agencies alike. Elizabeth Elder, head of the REC's childcare division, said it was 'not healthy for the recruitment process' and it would limit choices for nannies who didn't have the time or the money to keep getting fresh CRB checks. She also took issue with a high-rating customer satisfaction survey just released by the CRB, saying that checks still take an enormous amount of time and are worthless for vetting the many childcare workers now coming in from eastern Europe and abroad.
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