Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
    • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+

Personnel Today

Register
Log in
Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
    • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+

Employee references

Most employers request references on a prospective employee to verify, for example, information about his or her employment history. Any job offer should be made conditional on satisfactory references.

Employers may receive a request from another employer for a reference on an employee or former employee to a prospective employer.


    • Financial services
    • Legal opinion
    • Employee references

    References in the banking sector: what HR needs to know

    by Sarah Ozanne 20 May 2016
    by Sarah Ozanne 20 May 2016

    Employers in the banking sector must comply with tough new requirements as part of major regulatory reform. What impact will...

    • Criminal records
    • Ex-offenders
    • Recruitment & retention

    High Court: criminal record checks are “arbitrary” and unlawful

    by Jo Faragher 25 Jan 2016
    by Jo Faragher 25 Jan 2016

    The High Court has declared that the Government’s criminal record disclosure scheme is incompatible with the Human Rights Act.

    Ruling...

    • Employment law
    • Employee references

    Are employee references worth the paper they are written on?

    by Sarah Rushton 11 Feb 2015
    by Sarah Rushton 11 Feb 2015

    Sarah Rushton looks at the problems associated with providing employee references and questions what value they have when employees change...

    • Case law
    • Discipline
    • Discipline and grievances

    Coventry University not negligent for bringing disciplinary proceedings

    by Sophie Lake 5 Dec 2014
    by Sophie Lake 5 Dec 2014

    In DLA Piper’s latest case report, a Court of Appeal decision highlights the need for employers to invest time and...

    • Social media
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Candidates sue LinkedIn over lost job opportunities

    by Rob Moss 10 Nov 2014
    by Rob Moss 10 Nov 2014

    LinkedIn is facing a class action lawsuit in California over its premium “reference search” function that allows employers to identify...

    • Latest News
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Human resources professionals need to balance risk and trust in assessing fraud liability as former Bexley council accountant is jailed for stealing £220,000

    by Louisa Peacock 10 Jul 2007
    by Louisa Peacock 10 Jul 2007

    The role of HR in managing employee fraud is again under the spotlight following the jailing for two-and-a-half years of...

    • HR practice
    • Employee references

    Lies on CVs: the law is on the employer’s side if you are dishonest on your CVs

    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007
    by Personnel Today 10 Jul 2007

    Lies, lies and more damned CV lies: CV mendacity has reached epidemic proportions, but the law now rests with employers.The...

    • Latest News
    • Employment law
    • HR practice

    Bogus CVs contain an average of three lies

    by Mike Berry 8 Aug 2005
    by Mike Berry 8 Aug 2005

    A quarter of CVs submitted for financial sector jobs contained incorrect or false information, suggesting an intention to deceive

    • Latest News
    • HR practice
    • Employee references

    Security staff must prove skills

    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2005
    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2005

    The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has introduced the licensing of guards and the accreditation of security service suppliers. The ethos...

    • Employment law
    • HR practice
    • Data protection

    Background checks: protecting the innocent

    by Liz Hall 3 Feb 2005
    by Liz Hall 3 Feb 2005

    Last month’s jailing of unqualified gynaecologist Dr Henry Akpata and the forced resignation of NHS Trust chief executive Neil Taylor...

    • Criminal records
    • HR practice
    • Mental health

    Protecting who?

    by Marcus Turle 1 Mar 2004
    by Marcus Turle 1 Mar 2004

    In the wake of Ian Huntley’s murder convictions for the deaths of two young girls, what are employers’ legal options...

    • Criminal records
    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention

    Check mate

    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2004
    by Personnel Today 1 Mar 2004

    Making it contractual to regularly check staff for criminal records is one way of ensuring employees do not slip through...

    • HR practice
    • Recruitment & retention
    • Pre-employment screening

    Puzzle it out

    by Kath Burke 10 Feb 2004
    by Kath Burke 10 Feb 2004

    Painting an accurate picture of prospective employees is becoming increasingly critical for organisations, but how does HR go about doing it? Kath Burke looks at the techniques of pre-employment screening

Newer Posts
Older Posts
  • NSPCC revamps its learning strategy with child wellbeing at its heart PROMOTED | The NSPCC’s mission is to prevent abuse and neglect...Read more
  • Diversity versus inclusion: Why the difference matters PROMOTED | It’s possible for an environment to be diverse, but not inclusive...Read more
  • Five steps for organisations across the globe to become more skills-driven PROMOTED | The shift in the world of work has been felt across the globe...Read more
  • The future of workforce development PROMOTED | Northumbria University and partners share insight...Read more
  • Strathclyde Business School expands its Degree Apprenticeship offer in England PROMOTED | The University of Strathclyde is expanding its programmes...Read more
  • The Search for Talent: Six Major Employer Pitfalls PROMOTED | The Great Resignation continues unabated...Read more
  • Navigating the widening “Skills Confidence Gap” in 2022, and beyond PROMOTED | Cornerstone OnDemand conducted a global study...Read more
  • Apprenticeships are the solution to your recruitment problems PROMOTED | Apprenticeships have the pulling power...Read more

Personnel Today Jobs
 

Search Jobs

PERSONNEL TODAY

About us
Contact us
Browse all HR topics
Email newsletters
Content feeds
Cookies policy
Privacy policy
Terms and conditions

JOBS

Personnel Today Jobs
Post a job
Why advertise with us?

EVENTS & PRODUCTS

The Personnel Today Awards
The RAD Awards
Employee Benefits
Forum for Expatriate Management
OHW+
Whatmedia

ADVERTISING & PR

Advertising opportunities
Features list 2022

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin


© 2011 - 2022 DVV Media International Ltd

Personnel Today
  • Home
    • All PT content
    • Advertise
  • Email sign-up
  • Topics
    • HR Practice
    • Employee relations
    • Equality, diversity and inclusion
    • Learning & training
    • Pay & benefits
    • Wellbeing
    • Recruitment & retention
    • HR strategy
    • HR Tech
    • The HR profession
    • Global
    • All HR topics
  • Legal
    • Case law
    • Commentary
    • Flexible working
    • Legal timetable
    • Maternity & paternity
    • Shared parental leave
    • Redundancy
    • TUPE
    • Disciplinary and grievances
    • Employer’s guides
  • AWARDS
    • Personnel Today Awards
    • The RAD Awards
    • OHW Awards
  • Jobs
    • Find a job
    • Jobs by email
    • Careers advice
    • Post a job
  • XpertHR
    • Learn more
    • Products
    • Pricing
    • Free trial
    • Subscribe
    • XpertHR USA
  • Webinars
  • OHW+