Employment law - giving notice

[Stu]

I think your GF needs to speak to her new boss about the reference. i.e. can she start work on 1/6/09 without one?
I think she should be prepared to give up her 6 days holiday in order to start on 1/6/09. (how it will work in practice is get paid a full months salary at the end of May as usual then she doesn't turn up at her old place in June so will have to fight for any holiday pay)
Depending on what the new company says about how vital a reference is, I would be upfront with the old boss & say "look I'm leaving on the 29th, lets make sure everything is ready by then"

Originally Posted by timwilky

My company instructions are that we are not to give references. These can only be done by the HR dept. Who will give a standard statement :-

Fred smith was employed between x and y and held the position of xxxx.

We will not give any other information.

cept when you leave eh Tim.. .. whoooo I would liek to read that one..



Good luck to her Rob and I can see you are really caring and concerned- hope it works out for you both.