We believe Tinies is actually doing employers a disservice. We do notbelieve many employers, if any, would put innocent children at risk forfear of upsetting previous employees. We do, however, believe there aresome employers who give poor references simply because the ex-employeewasn't prepared to accept poor working conditions.
Employees must be protected and have every right to know what is beingsaid about their ability. Undeserved bad references, if not challenged,can result in capable childcarers being lost to the profession.
We agree employers must feel free to state any concerns. However, thesolution is not to give them free range to say whatever they wishwithout risk of challenge, nor is it to allow them to withholdinformation, thereby putting children at risk. We need to work withemployers making sure they fully understand the enormity of theirrole.
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