Rechecks are by far the biggest gap in background checking. Rechecks conducted every three years, leave a major safeguarding blind spot. In light of recent safeguarding issues, Zinc is on a mission to increase rechecks in order to reduce the risk of safeguarding issues. We're on a mission to raise the bar for the whole industry.

Our research has shown the DBS Update Service is the only practical route to more frequent rechecks: anything else creates too much admin, too much candidate friction, and too much cost.

Today, we’re removing those barriers by making Update Service rechecks genuinely free. The DBS has approved of us dropping the previous requirement to run ID and address checks alongside rechecks. Once a candidate is identified as being on the Update Service, Zinc will automatically schedule and run rechecks every three months. Zero actions are required from you or the candidate.

No clicks. No chasing. No fees. Zinc covers the cost and the operational work, you simply get quarterly rechecks, done automatically. Find out more here or reply to this email with any questions. This feature is set to go live on Wednesday 21st of January.