http://greenwhite.org/2007/08/17/should-we-have-a-blacklist-of-employers-as-well/

Just like there is bad employees there is bad employers too. With no moral values.

This system leaves too much chance for abuse.

Jim

Thanks for providing that perspective.

You’re right — no system should leave loopholes that allows for exploitation and mal-intent.

Osama.

I think it’s a good idea but also leaves another problem for applicants that are conspired against wrongfully by one or more companies for some reason. This type of system should only be put in place if each person on the list can defend themselves based on the accusations made against them.

I filed a complaint against a company I worked for some years ago. In retaliation the company used private investigators and friends willing to tell lies, to meticulously put together lies about my personal life that were designed to encourage a company to terminate my employment. This information is secretly passed along to new employers and recruiters. The sad thing about this is that I was fired twice as a result of this and nobody ask for my side of the story. Some recruiters refuse to work with me as a result of the accusations. If there is a list like this available today and this company has knowledge of it I may have been wrongfully added to the list.

-Jim Smith

We should have a black-list candidates list. There are candidates who we offer jobs and they “accept” the jobs and then we have all our planning done, to find out that four days before (or even after, in some cases) joining date, the person says he/she can’t join. In some cases, they refuse to take our calls even!

So such candidates should be black-listed because they are actively damaging a business. If you don’t want to join, don’t commit. Once you are committed then you have to join! It would same the other way round too, we tell someone that he’s hired and on his first day we tell him that he’s no longer required! So there should be a black list of companies (who pay late or don’t pay etc.) and a black list of candidates.

However, performance can’t be an issue for black-listing someone because if you have done a wrong hiring then it’s your HR manager’s fault not the candidate’s.

Also the only reason you can black list a company should be salaries, or unprofessionalism i.e., issuing appointment letter than then saying you are not hired or something like that.

First and foremost do we really have the technical capacity in the Pakistani HR Mgmt (at large) to design and implement such a system?

Second, once this capacity is mature it will only be fair to first train the Human Resources on the respective KPIs and EPIs (E>ethical).

Third, after a very very long time into the future would this system be rightly and justly implemented.

For now, keep it simple! The list could be only for cases of grave misconduct.