Employee references are the positive or negative comments about an employee’s job performance provided to a prospective employer. In most cases, a prospective employer will contact a person’s current ...

Sarah Rushton looks at the problems associated with providing employee references and questions what value they have when employees change workplaces. Most employees assume that they will be given an ...

David Sheppard of Cardiff law firm MLM Cartwright highlights some possible legal pitfalls of providing an employee reference A RECENT High Court ruling has highlighted the dangers employers can face ...

Picture this: You pick up the phone and it’s someone in human resources at a local business seeking a reference for a former employee. What can you say? What can’t you say? References for former ...

When hiring, it is not uncommon for employers to require job applicants to provide references written by their former employers. As references usually play an important role in helping employers ...

Kimbells Solicitors clear up the confusion over providing employee references and recruiting now that the job market is picking up again. In amongst the gloom of the recession, the job market is ...

We are a team of writers, experimenters and researchers providing you with the best advice with zero bias or partiality. Though references are not legally required when considering an employee for ...

On December 13, 2019, the Dutch Supreme Court (ECLI:NL:HR:2019:1950) provided clarity on the issue of giving references for former employees. Even after the employment relationship has ended, the ...

No matter how great a candidate seems, how appealing, how experienced, how perfect a fit, you’re looking for trouble if you don’t check references before making an offer. Better to get any bad news by ...