Employment Recommendation

Was laid off in January after working continuously for 25 months due to a work slowdown. Had a little problem collecting accumulated vacation pay that has led to support labor council. I feel that my supervisor did not give a reference decent old or recommendation concerning my past job performance because of this, any suggestionsa

1. rare that supervisors never meet demand for referrals are managed by HR and they need your personal file.
2. they can disclose truthful information related work and there is no law against it. the state laws to protect employers who give information as long as they provide true
(In many states can not be held responsible even if the information is inaccurate insofar as they believed it to be precise).
3. by the policy of many employers do not release rental and term dates and the title and status of re-employment.
4. Short of finding someone to do a reference check for you there is no way of knowing what is published.
5. you need to show through your words and actions that you are the best potential employee for a particular job and thus, any reference good or bad irrelevant.

well unless you can prove that you somehow slander, your best option is to stop using it as a reference. find someone else in the company if possible.

I would stop posting that person as a reference. It is difficult because they were your most recent employer, but if it appears that what happened more than once, you can not take the risk. You can try to collect a letter of recommendation from a past employer or any other another supervisor in the latter job. Add only as a reference and then provide the coordinates of the supervisor for verification of employment only. If there is no way to get someone else to recommend you, I can talk with the former employer and see if you can catch what gripes they have with you. This person should not prevent you from other jobs.

It happens all the time, even if it is not legal Unfortunately, there is nothing you can do but make a complaint to recover the work card: same and hope they can help with this respect as well.

And the answer above is correct, yes, you'd have to prove that this is happening, and it's very difficult to do. Return to the labor board and ask them for help, I'm sure they'll point you in the right direction.

If I were in your situation, and I've done is get a friend who works in human resources in a company to do a reference check on you with your former supervisor. This way you can determine if you really say anything bad.

Yes, it is possible that the first is greater you mean harm, but it is unlikely and rather stupid if he does. In the legal world, it is perfectly within the law to give someone a bad reference. That is, if you prove it. It is in the real world than any experienced manager will tell you that you never give a bad reference on a former employee. This is not because it is illegal, because it is a huge cost associated with it, if the former employee elects to pursue a lawsuit against you on it. And the cost is not limited to money but also time, all the hassle and irritation around! A lawsuit takes time, costs a lot of money and requires that the supervisor or manager having to tell all sorts of details to the lawyers and, possibly, in the courts (if the distance.) It is simply not worth it. Better to just give a pretty good reference that the former employee will not complain about it or, at worst, simply refuse to give a reference. In the legal world, the employer is not required to give a reference. Refusing to give is considered neutral, therefore it is not "an action" (can not continue.