CIPD to investigate members alleged to have used the services of now defunct construction industry blacklisting firm
The membership organisation for human resources professionals has launched an investigation into members alleged to have used the services of now defunct construction industry blacklisting firm The Consulting Association (TCA).
A spokesperson for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), which has 135,000 members, confirmed it is investigating a number of 鈥渕embers who are alleged to have made use of TCA services鈥�.
黑洞社区 understands fewer than a dozen individuals are under investigation.
The probe, led by a panel of CIPD members, will examine whether - prior to the TCA鈥檚 exposure and closing down in 2009 鈥� these individuals breached the CIPD鈥檚 code of professional conduct.
The CIPD has a range of disciplinary powers including striking members off.
Its move is notable because unions have alleged that many firms who paid for the services of TCA have not taken sufficient action themselves.
Labour鈥檚 shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna, welcomed the CIPD鈥檚 action.
鈥淭his sends a strong message that blacklisting is a completely unacceptable practice and that those guilty of it in the past must be held to account,鈥� he said.
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