Today colleges and their employees are increasingly being sued over routine requests for employment references by unsuccessful job or tenure candidates, potential employers, and even third parties ...

Historically, job references have been a fundamental part of the recruitment process. From the employee's perspective, a good reference from his/her current or former employer has been almost ...

The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) the UK’s leading business organisation is warning firms about the scale of fraudulent employment references. In conjunction with the BBC TV show, Fake Britain, ...

In New Jersey, like most states, there is no affirmative duty to respond to a request by a prospective employer for a reference. Awareness of potential liability has long led most attorneys to counsel ...

What is an employer legally allowed to disclose about a former employee during a reference check? When I didn’t get the last job I applied for, I asked why and they referenced two specific incidents ...

Landing your first job in Canada often feels like being trapped in an impossible loop. Employers want professional references ...

Instead of the traditionally detailed employment reference, employers are increasingly being asked to provide a letter of reference for departing employees in the form of a Certificate of Termination ...

To whom do you want to make the calls? The answer to this question depends on how important employers think reference checking is in the first place. If you believe reference checking is nothing more ...