2007-05-08 15:19:45 · 13 answers · asked by zoesmom20 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
There have been a ton of lawsuits regarding past employees suing their former HR departments for giving false information to potential employers. Therefore, your HR department from your previous company will likely be extremely vague and disclose as few details as possible in fear that they might get sued if they say incorrect information. So, you will likely be in the clear.
2007-05-08 15:55:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In most states, a previous employer can tell a potential employer if you are re-eligible for hire. Some states don't allow the reason to be given, others do - ymmv.
In most states, you can also state "do not contact this employer", and they cannot - but you'd better have a good reason to do this, because it casts a doubt on you.
2007-05-08 15:22:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think it all depends on the State. I live in PA...I've never been fired from a job but one time my boss and I were talking about this and he was saying they're not allowed to say you were fired. There are very few questions that your old employer can answer. But they can answer if they would rehire you...
2007-05-08 15:28:47 · answer #3 · answered by tnu2005 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL! So you two got canned because someone else who wasn't even involved in the body contact was offended by it?! Really? I mean what is the world coming to?! As long as the person you touched wasn't offended I don't think it should matter. And you should have at least been verbally warned at most but getting the boot was going too far. But then again that's why I make it a point not to touch anyone at work. Even if you think it is innocent they may not.
2016-05-18 21:51:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The only question they can legally ask is if you were an employee there and for how long. That is not to say that sometimes the person answering the phone gives too much info...but by law...they are not supposed to do that. So I would not worry too much about that.
Also...if you are asked why you left a particular job...you can always say you are changing careers and could not do so there (unless it is the same kind of work).
I hope that helps.
2007-05-08 15:27:44 · answer #5 · answered by bambagirl2003 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really ethical, but yes they can. They arent really supposed to, they are only supposed to answer whether they would rehire you, but some employers do say if a person was fired.
2007-05-08 15:22:17 · answer #6 · answered by julez 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They shouln't, but if you're in HR an have been doing this for awhile, you can get a good idea just by asking innocent questions.
2007-05-08 17:08:55 · answer #7 · answered by TedEx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Legally they are only supposed to say you are ineligible for rehire. They normally will just say you were fired though.
2007-05-08 15:23:31 · answer #8 · answered by Delores R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no that's illegal. the first guy to answer is a liar, he doesn't know what he's talking about.
they can only answer questions, and only a few.
the closest they can answer is "would you rehire this person?"
nothing more.
2007-05-08 15:23:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOT in a direct way.. But they can beat around the bush about it.
2007-05-08 15:24:09 · answer #10 · answered by jamz 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋