Legal Question in Employment Law in Ohio

Reference from former employer

When a perspective employer calls my former employer to get a job reference to see what type of employee I was etc. Is my former employer obligated to give that reference? This has happened two times in the last month. I can't get a job if they won't give a reference. Could this be a form of discrimination?


Asked on 4/06/05, 10:32 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Eileen Joyce Baughman & Joyce LLC

Re: Reference from former employer

Refusing to give a reference has become quite a common (and probably wise) business practice arising out of employers� of fears of getting sued (primarily for slander by former employees). Your former employers are under no legal obligation to provide a reference.

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Answered on 4/06/05, 11:21 pm


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