Requesting references

New and updated

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Pilot who provided fake reference from Star Wars villain ordered to repay training costs

  In Francis-McGann v West Atlantic UK Ltd, the employment tribunal ordered a pilot to repay £4,725 in training costs after it emerged that he provided a fake reference using the name of a character from Star Wars.

• Type:

  Employment law cases

  Discrimination arising from disability: Withdrawal of job offer after reference highlighting absences

  In South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust v Lee and others, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) held that a decision to withdraw a job offer that was at least partially influenced by a reference that focused on the applicant's sickness absence levels was discriminatory.

• Type:

  Training

  References - line manager training

  Updated to take account of the UK General Data Protection Regulation.

• Type:

  FAQs

  Where an individual's employment offer is withdrawn due to an unsatisfactory reference do they have any right to see the reference?

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  Letters and forms

  Letter to referee requesting reference on job applicant

  A model letter when writing to a referee authorised by a job applicant.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Form for job applicant to provide consent to seek references

  A model form if you wish to take up references on an applicant and they have not previously given permission in writing (eg on the application form).

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Reference request form

  A model form when seeking a written reference about a new employee or prospective employee from a previous employer.

• Type:

  Letters and forms

  Letter withdrawing job offer because of unsatisfactory references

  A model letter to withdraw a conditional offer of employment when references are not satisfactory.

• Type:

  Tasks

  Request a reference on a prospective employee

• Type:

  FAQs

  Can an employer contact an applicant's current or most recent employer if they have not given them as a named referee?