US-style references from a British employer

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May 15th 2014, 8:42 pm

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Pulaski

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Re: US-style references from a British employer

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Originally Posted by jmood

Do you work for the government, or some such highly regulated sector? I wasn't aware of such strict HR policies anywhere.

NYSE quoted corporation, as exposed as any other to the risk of litigation for unfair hiring practices.

May 15th 2014, 9:02 pm

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Bob

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Re: US-style references from a British employer

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Originally Posted by jmood

Do you work for the government, or some such highly regulated sector? I wasn't aware of such strict HR policies anywhere.

A lot of places are quite strict, because they don't want to deal with the ball ache of being sued for not hiring someone if they claim it was because of their age/sex/race/orientation etc.

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