October

Anyone concerned about the authenticity of British passports should use a passport check.

There is no better way to validate a passport than contacting the issuing authority. This check verifies the passport number against the candidate's name and address. Due to the implementation of GDPR the passport office no longer charges for passport checks. We are delighted to announce that we are now able to significantly reduce the price of this check.

In June, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf signed Executive Order 2018-18-03, which addresses the gender pay gap in the state.
 
All state agencies under the governor's jurisdiction have been directed to: No longer inquire about a job applicant's current compensation or compensation history at any stage during the hiring process, base salaries on job responsibilities, position pay range and the applicant's knowledge, skills, competencies, experience, compensation requests, or other bona fide factor other than sex, except where compensation is based on clearly defined situations, and clearly identify the appropriate pay range on job postings.
 
Applicants are not, however, prohibited from volunteering information about their current compensation level or salary history.

Alaska Freeman of Radford lied about the accountancy qualifications she claimed to have.  She secured a role with Maun Industries Ltd in 2012 as assistant management accountant, and was soon promoted to general manager of a second company Maun purchased in 2013, Ketchum Manufacturing Company Ltd.

However, she used her position to make personal purchases on company credit cards, transfer funds into her own bank accounts, and steal petty cash – in total taking around £101,000. Freeman was finally exposed in 2015 when HMRC told the company's MD Eddie Thomas they owed more than £100,000 in unpaid NI and PAYE contributions.

However, Freeman’s fraud did not stop there. After she was bailed in February 2016 and was still being investigated, she successfully applied for a job as Financial Controller at Nexor Limited in Nottingham. Once again, she was able to use company credit cards to pay for items such as jewellery, clothing, computer equipment and beauty products, this time totalling more than £3,200.

It was revealed that she had lied on her CV, hiding the details of her arrest.