02GF74
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| posted on 15/6/15 at 07:18 PM |
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ot employment law question
Ntdwm but what can yiu do if you cannot get a previous employer give you a reference.
Friends been trying to speak to manager but company switchboard will not give number, nor extension, if a message is left, the manager does not
callback.
Next step?
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morcus
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| posted on 15/6/15 at 07:37 PM |
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I was told by my old boss that you never give a bad reference, in place you just don't give one, he also told me you could get in trouble for
giving a witness that wasn't true. I'd like to add he did give me a reference and this was a long time before I left but the nature of the
work meant a lot of people passed through and he gave a lot of references.
If my old boss was correct then there's not a lot you can do if they won't give you one.
I would recommend sending a letter or if possible going to visit the site but obviously that depends what kind of place it is and why he/she left.
In a White Room, With Black Curtains, By the Station.
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ste
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| posted on 15/6/15 at 07:40 PM |
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https://www.gov.uk/work-reference
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Minicooper
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| posted on 15/6/15 at 07:53 PM |
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I wrote my own using there headed paper, he was pissed that I left and refused to be reasonable, so I just put down on paper what the guy really
thought of me and amazing he thought I was great
Cheers
David
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Slimy38
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| posted on 15/6/15 at 08:32 PM |
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Our company does not allow their staff to give company references. They can do personal ones, but the only one to come from the company is essentially
a HR report (days sick, duration of work, final salary etc).
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 15/6/15 at 10:10 PM |
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In my experience they usually go back to the next previous one
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Theshed
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| posted on 16/6/15 at 11:12 AM |
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There is generally no legal obligation to give a reference. Exceptions may exist in the financial services industry. Rarely there can be a contractual
obligation to do so. If there is a general policy of giving references and one is refused then that might give rise to a claim if the reason for the
refusal was one of a growing list of prohibited reasons (Gender, race, whistle blowing etc). If a reference is provided then it must be "fair
balanced and reasonable". It is for that reason that many ex-employers now stick to a bare factual reference. Does that help or confuse?
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