Bad Reference - Job lost

demi60

I had a bad reference from an NHS hospital I worked at for 9 months and I obtained a copy of this reference which contained lies. I wrote a letter to their HR which took up my complaint. As soon as I threatened to go to an Employment tribunal, they corrected the lies.
It is worth obtaining a copy of the negative reference. Do you have to include this job on your cv ? Good luck with the job-hunting.

System

There's a difference between a bad reference and one containing lies. The first one is fine providing it is truthful.

wapow

For those asking how the OP knows, they have said that they had the job "secured" then "withdrawn".


It was most likely secured based on references (which does happen)


The OP would have also somehow known that they could possibly be in for a bad reference.


OP, start making tracks quickly with obtaining a reference report and let the company that refused you the job know that you will be taking this further to understand where the offer fell down.


You can never be too sure it was the reference!

nirvana10

I had a job offer withdrawn due to a bad reference from my former employer. I got a copy of it and its untrue the things that are written. I went to ask if I could sue because of this but was told that because I signed to say I would not take any action against anyone for any information given I couldn't do anything. I've waited almost half a year to hear this!!!

sangie595

I am afraid this isn't very clear. I assume that you had a settlement agreement of some sort with the last employer? Which means that you had legal advice on the terms of the agreement? If you had legal advice and the reference does not breach the agreement, and if the reference is true, thyen you have no recourse to law.