Leaders of the Metropolitan Police hired more than 1,000 officers without checking their references before they started work, The Sunday Times has reported.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves has been accused of embellishing her employment history by lying about her tenure at the Bank of England.

References are an essential part of the pre-employment screening process for all companies. As HR professionals will attest, as well as verifying the experience and credentials of an applicant, they...

?Employers could be stopped from withholding references under new proposals announced by business secretary Andrea Leadsom

A quarter (25%) of professionals only give positive references even though 86% feel this could hurt their career if the person in question doesn't perform well