Job references belong in every application.
But what to do if they are lost or destroyed?
Can I request it from my employer again?
Arbeitszeugnisse
belong to those documents should take good care of the employees.
After all, they are required for every application in order to be able to prove past jobs, tasks and knowledge.
But what to do if job references * are lost when moving, for example, or are victims of a flood or fire?
Also interesting:
how long do I have to keep my job references?
Employment reference: Employees are entitled to a new issue
In fact, employees generally have a
legal right to have former employers
issue
a new reference in the event of loss or damage
.
This applies in any case if the replacement exhibition is only associated with little effort and the content or wording is also undisputed.
This claim arises from a post-contractual secondary obligation of the employment contract, as the law firm Wißmann from Lingen informs on its website.
It does
not matter whether the employee is to blame for
the loss or damage to the original certificate.
The only decisive question is whether a replacement exhibition can be expected of the previous employer.
If the ex-boss only has to print out the job reference and sign it again, nothing should stand in the way of a reissue.
However, if the company no longer has the personnel file, things look bad.
Also read:
Received a bad job reference?
Then you should definitely act.
Should I withhold a missing job reference when applying?
If the former company no longer exists or you do not (yet) have a job reference for other reasons, you should by no means ignore this when applying.
This could make it seem like you are simply trying to hide a bad job reference.
Instead, add an extra page to your application documents at the point where the lost job reference would appear in chronological order.
On it, write down the
company, position, length of employment and a brief reason
why you do not have the reference.
By the way, all employees have a legal right to a “benevolent” job reference.
You can read here what notes are actually behind apparently positive formulations.
(as) * Merkur.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA
.
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Source: rae-lingen.de, dpa, Arbeitszeugnisportal.de
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