- The service of crb check is a very expensive service so some companies decide not to carry out crb checks as it may leave them in a struggling financial situation. This may result in them employing people who are had been convicted and are known criminals. This means that companies are working with and putting their trust in people who have records to show they are not good people.
- http://finance.yahoo.com/news/google-hiring-team-star-hackers-134549105.html
- Some decide to employ criminals such as hackers to improve their own system
- CRB Checks may not always be accurate and reliable as it can get information wrong. This may result in lost opportunities as people may not be able to apply for a job which they feel is perfect for them. If information is wrong on crb checks it can cause many problems with job applications and career prospects. An example when crb checks produced incorrect information was in February 2008 when background information issued was not correct. The impact of this was that many people were wrongly branded criminals so they may not have been able to apply for jobs they would like. This happened because there was a mistake in the cross checking of names.
- http://www.cipd.co.uk/pm/peoplemanagement/b/weblog/archive/2008/07/88/crb-checks-hit-by-errors-2008-07.aspx (As a result many people were not allowed to apply for jobs).