Can a new employer be told about a pending disciplinary?

[Lou2423]

Hi everyone,

I recently got a new job (as in 6 days ago) however the day before an incident happened at work which from the outside without context looked like I lied and wanted to cover my tracks. Today I handed in my notice but yesterday had an email from my boss saying he was seeing outside HR advice, and when I handed in my notice told me he was going to give me a disciplinary . He then said he needs to speak to his Hr Consultant on how he he referencing works. The investigation for the disciplinary never started, I never received any emails about it and the HR consultant never reached out. In my resignation email, he cc’d her into the reply telling me she will be in touch and she has now asked to meet.

can they tell my new employer about this 9’ a Reference form even though no process has begun? Or do you think they will continue with the process through my two week notice? Thank you xx

In public sector they will tell yes

An employer can be honest, so as long as it’s factual they can say, whether they will or not, we can’t guess, I’m sorry, some will, some will simply give a dates only reference, I’d say it’s likely he won’t give you more than that at best,

Can you ask another colleague to give you a reference? When I was planning to leave a job for Uni I did not want my boss to know what I was doing. I asked a former colleague (who subsequently held a much more prestigious position in another organisation) to act as a referee.

Most places expect a reference from your line manager not just a random colleague

It depends on company policy in giving the reference and also it depends on what the new company asks.

Also depends on the matter. If serious they may have an obligation to disclose the issue.