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Unread March 22nd, 2012, 10:00 AM
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There is nothing illegal about giving the exact reasons a person is terminated from employment. Most companies have policies that do not allow for those reasons to be given in order to protect themselves from potential lawsuits. However, as long as the information is factual and can be proven, there is nothing wrong for a former employer to give the exact reason a person was terminated.

In other words, to protect yourself, you would only include factual information and not opinions. You wouldn't say you terminated an employee because you perceived them to be dishonest, unless you had a specific instance that could be proven where they were dishonest.

Instead of playing the fine line game, most companies just maintain the policy of only verifying dates of employement and whether or not the company would rehire the person. Also, giving a two weeks notice and leaving a company on your own terms does not guarantee you are rehirable. As long as the company is not chosing to rehire you based on a legally protected reason such as race, religion, etc, you could be deemed not rehirable for any number of reasons.