Re: Short Birth Certs & Employers

On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:52:49 GMT, "Tracy Dunne"
<tracy.dunne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Can anyone enlighten me as to why we are only issued with a short version
>birth cert free at time of registration?
>
>Both my son and his fiancee have recently applied for new jobs, only to be
>told their short birth certs were unacceptable and that they would need to
>produce a full cert before they could be considered for the post.
>
>Do these short certs actually have a genuine use? I wonder why we are not
>given a full cert at time of birth registration as we are for marriage and
>deaths? Why are we offered a short cert for birth and no other event I
>wonder?

What do the employers want a full one for?

The short one tells them how old you are for the pension fund or whatever, and
to set your retirement date.


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