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All items: Withdrawing job offers

Where an individual's employment offer is withdrawn due to an unsatisfactory reference do they have any right to see the reference?
Can an employer withdraw a job offer if it subsequently discovers that the successful candidate is pregnant?
Can an employer make a job offer dependent on the applicant agreeing to work more than the 48-hour weekly limit imposed by the Working Time Regulations 1998?
Can an employer withdraw a job offer on receipt of a poor reference?
Where a new employee is no longer able to start work on the agreed date, can the employer retract the offer of employment?
Where an individual accepts a job offer but subsequently accepts another offer from a different company will the first employer have any form of redress?
Can an employer withdraw an employment offer that has been accepted, for example if there is a subsequent recruitment freeze?
Can an employer withdraw a job offer if it has been accepted verbally but not yet put in writing?

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