Employers are traditionally reluctant to recruit from particular jobless groups and the government needs to reflect this in its latest incentives framework, says CIPD
Incentives to get benefit claimants back to work should target excluded groups, the CIPD has said.

Employers are reluctant to recruit from particular jobless groups – such as people with a criminal record, history of illness or drug or alcohol dependency, Gerwyn Davies, public policy adviser, told PM.