Barely a year later, however, as the dot-com industry crumbled, she was back with her previous employer.

First, a character said that her previous employer had 'let her go'; secondly, someone spoke of 'a line in the sand'.

I have a deferred final-salary pension from a previous employer.

Include at least one character reference from a lecturer or dissertation tutor and one from a previous employer.

My previous employer has told me they won't provide a reference.