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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This is probably because many employers see giving a reference as fraught with danger. Although you can say anything in a reference as long as it is true and would not come as a surprise to the ex-employee (ie has been discussed), many employment lawyers just advise not to give a reference. Usually if her new employer contacts the old firm they will confirm that she worked there in what job and when. She may like to try approaching a manager at her old firm and asking them to give her a persoanl reference. This is not on headed paper and is usually more of a character reference, but might help.
I would say though that her new employer will not find this situation strange and it will not stop her getting a job.
With some companies, it's simply a matter of too many staff. With companies that employ 2000+ people and have high staff turn-overs, they would have to employ someone purely to give references.
Again, this is quite common practice, and a future employer will have come across this. In place she could give a character reference, a friend of the family that has known her a long time, if you know a doctor or a lawyer then even better.
If she has a "friend" in her old firm I can see no reason why s/he can not give a reference on company paper. Albeit a personal reference.
I would argue that unless your daughters' new job holds a high security risk or involves children or sensitive situations a reference is only a "proof" of previous employment anyway. Besides, her new job will probably do a police check anyway.