Get rid of all 'Consultants'
If you need someone, employ them at the same rate as the rest of your staff, if they cock up, you get them to fix it. If you no longer need them you either make them redundant or ask them if they'd like to look for another job. If they did good, give them a great reference, if they fucked it up, give them a shit reference.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 13:00, 4 replies)

I might be wrong but I think UK law says an employer cannot provide a negative reference.
(tyrellsOwl, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 17:58, closed)

Not the way I understand it.
Any employer giving a negative reference must be able to produce evidence that justifies that reference, and references must not be misleading. If you weren't allowed to give negative references at all there wouldn't really be any point in having references.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Tue 27 Sep 2011, 18:55, closed)

Yeah,
That's one more law that needs looking at. If someone was crap, you should be able to say it without the threat of being sued.
(Che Grimsdale Best before:, Wed 28 Sep 2011, 9:08, closed)

the boys need jobs...
otherwise they would have to do politics or banking...
(Littlesirjohn sprung up his head and so amazed them all., Tue 27 Sep 2011, 22:38, closed)