Applying for a job | Acas

By law, an employment contract can begin as soon as someone accepts a job offer. Even if they only accept the offer verbally.

If an employer gives a reference, it must be accurate and fair.

Advice

How to ask an employer for feedback or to reconsider. Being told you cannot apply. Discrimination.

What to do if your job offer is withdrawn. Conditional and unconditional job offers.

When an employer must give a reference. What it can and cannot say.