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Job applications and hiring

If your job offer is withdrawn

The way a job offer can be withdrawn depends if the job offer was 'conditional' or 'unconditional'.

If an employer says you cannot apply or rejects you for a job

What to do if you're told you cannot apply for a job, or are rejected for it (for example, after a job interview).

Hiring someone

How to recruit and comply with the law, including advertising, interviews, job offers and hiring someone from outside the UK.

Providing a job reference

If an employment reference has to be given and what a reference can say.

More coming

We're still building this section of the new Acas website. See our previous site for advice on settling in a new employee.

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