Legal & Compliance Forum: London - Hiring Fraud

Legal & Compliance Forum: London - Hiring Fraud

3:00pm - 5:00pm, 13 May 2026
(Europe/London)

Event Details

Legal & Compliance Forum

Wednesday 13th May

Registrations and refreshments: 2:30pm-3:00pm

Meeting: 3:00pm-5:00pm

Venue: Squire Patton Boggs,  60 London Wall, London, EC2M 5TQ 

Kindly sponsored by

Key Takeaways

  • Clearer understanding of what the legislative changes mean for recruiters

  • Clearer understanding of what the next steps are for your business in light of the various reforms

  • Understanding the impact of hiring fraud for recruiters and how best to tackle it in your supply chain 

Meeting Agenda

 

Welcome, introduction & APSCo Update

Shazia Imtiaz, General Counsel, APSCo UK

 

 

Update on key legislative changes followed by Q&A

Squire Patton Boggs

 

As the phased implementation of major employment law reforms and new umbrella company regulations takes effect from April 2026, the recruitment sector faces its most significant overhaul in a generation. With increased liability, day-one rights, and tighter supply chain regulations, we examine how firms can navigate these changes.

 

 

Discussion on Hiring Fraud followed by Q&A

Keith Rosser, Director, Reed Screening

 

Over the past few years, recruitment fraud has increased significantly, marked by a surge in applicants falsifying qualifications and concealing employment history. The growth of sophisticated ‘Reference Houses’ providing fake documents makes detection difficult, while the cost-of-living crisis has heightened the risk of employees being targeted by organized crime to steal company data. Given the severe consequences including financial loss and reputational damages we discuss how recruitment companies can strengthen the pre-employment screening processes to mitigate these rising insider threats.

Speakers

Keith Rosser
Keith Rosser

Reed, Director of Reed Screening, Director Group Risk

Founded and built Reed Screening, one of the UK's largest employee screening businesses. Built the Better Hiring Institute to be the largest hiring trade organisation with 15,000 employer members. Over 20 years as Non-Executive Board Member with Disclosure Scotland, the GLAA an arms-length body of UK Home Office, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), and Community Justice Scotland. Keith received a Home Office Commendation Award in 2016 for services to recruitment and was recognised as a Community Leader at Buckingham Palace in 2018. Creator of the UK’s first APPG on Modernising Employment and was appointed to the Ministerial Advisory Panel on the Future of Work and also advises on the UK's Labour Market Strategy.

Keith is Chair of various trade bodies including the Association of RecTech Providers. Keith is Chair of JobsAware, a Met Police founded charity with cross government support tackling labour market issues. In 2023 Keith was made an Honorary Fellow of Lancaster University for his services to the UK labour market. Recently Keith has won multiple industry awards for impact including Recruiter Magazine, In House Recruitment, and the British HR Awards.

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