A NETWORK of construction firms came under fire yesterday after it advertised “employee screening” to clients — reportedly code for blacklisting.

In a press release welcoming a partnership with “strategic outsourcing company” Mitie, the National Federation of Builders (NFB) said it offered members “basic and advance disclosure and barring checks.”

“More and more organisations are using employee screening services to ensure an employee and their history really is who and what they claim to be,” the NFB boasted.