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Originally Posted by celstu1  I do believe its ILLEGAL for a manager you had previously to give a PERSONAL reference at all. ALL they can say is YES you worked there from this date to this date. Id find out about that... contact HR in your old company and find out what the law is regarding references... I think what you previous boss is ACTUALLY ILLEGAL! I don't even think HR can give personal references anymore, just confirmations of your dates of employment. |
It is not 'illegal' for a manager or HR to give references. However, company lawyers tend to advise you to only give out dates employed and answer whether the past employee is eligible for rehire.