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Chapter 5
Spent convictions
[ch 5: page 62]It is automatically unfair to dismiss an employee because of a spent conviction. Two years’ service is needed to bring a claim.
The rules on when convictions are “spent” changed in 2014, substantially shortening the “live” period for many offences (section 139 Legal Aid, Sentencing and Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 2012).