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Can You Be Sued for Written Employee Recommendations?
ServiusCensus asks: "I have been asked to provide a written rather than the more normal verbal reference for a someone I used to work with. Verbal references seem to be the norm, they work well because people are more willing to tell the truth informally than they are to write it down. I want to know what problems I might get into if I recommend someone but they turn out to be a bad match for the company? I don't want some lawyer to come looking for me one dark night."
Our governor general (who's in the doghouse
for suggesting something like: it's not child
abuse, since it didn't involve rape...) once
wrote/sent a -written- Letter of Recommendation
for an Anglican priest, who'd been accused in a
child sex matter, and LEFT OUT ANY MENTION OF IT
(of course, the job was off-shore - in England?)
The news of this (latest) report of the GG's
earlier slowness to address child-sex abuse by
Anglican priests came on the day he met with
the Queen.
Well over 65% of Australians think he should
resign over his past (apparent) "looking the
other way" in when such reports arose...
FWIW I count among that number who agree that
he has no place in such a job as GG.
It's time for a new "values check" for anyone
in such a visible public office as Aussie GG.
An [Aussie] Anglican Priest's Job Interview
Excerpt from an interview for the position of Priest, for an [Aussie] Anglican Church near you:
Arch-Bishop: So, have you ever had unlawful sex with a child?
Candidate: Heavens, No! Err... is it still a requirement?
(Needless to say, we think
Australia's Governor Gen'l
should RESIGN at once!)
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The above is a spin-off of a joke told by a
psychologist, from USA (overheard telling it
at an Israeli Folk Dance, outdoors in a park
in Stockholm, Sweden):
Australian Immigration Officer: So, have you ever been in jail?
Would-be Migrant to Australia: No, is it still a pre-requisite?