Well as far as employer references are concerned, things have come to a farcical state. I heard a story the other day about a firm refusing to give a written reference, and instead just supplied a letter with her start and finish dates on it. The stated reason was, if we give you a bad reference you can sue, and if we give you a good one, your next employer it dissatisfied with your work could also sue, on the grounds that we misled them into employng you.
Me I think the Catch 22 is alive and well......Giok