Work References - Part 1

There are myths floating around about our laws, and employment law is not excluded! Questions such as, is it 'illegal' for an ex-employer to give you a bad work reference? And does an employer have to give you a work reference at all, are just a few of the areas where many myths explode! So what can you do if you are at the receiving end of a bad work reference? Or, as an employer, if you do not want to give a work reference for an ex-employee, do you have to? Perhaps you want to find o...