A corporate letter of reference should contain positive attributes about the current or former employee. If you're an employee, make sure that your employer or ex-boss is willing to provide such a ...

He says it may seem safer for a former employer not to give a letter of reference, but this can be a dangerous strategy in Canada where there is no American-style "employment at will." ...

A new email arrives in your inbox and you see it's from one of your former employees. You quickly glance over the subject line and your eyes catch on one word: recommendation. Immediately, your ...

Q: After an investigation, we fired one of our employees for threatening and stalking two co-workers. He's now demanding a positive letter of reference, which I'm writing. I earlier tried to ...

As well, courts, either expressly or otherwise, sometimes punish employers for refusing to provide a reference to an employee deserving of one. Quite practically, employers also realize, if the ...