Writing letters of reference for your employees is an important part of the employee separation process when a company closes. A company shutdown is a difficult situa. ... Character Traits.

Employees can claim defamation of character if they are given bad references. ... He says it may seem safer for a former employer not to give a letter of reference, ...

Q: After an investigation, we fired one of our employees for threatening and stalking two co-workers. He's now demanding a positive letter of reference, which I'm writing. I earlier tried to ...