<p>MOWC, a little off topic, but a question: On a nursing web site that I follow, one always sees comments such as the following:</p>
<p>“It’s illegal for your hospital to tell any potential employers anything other than the dates of your employment and whether or not you are eligible for rehire.” So if you were constantly late and were fired, or were caught falsifying the medical record, or you called in sick repeatedly, etc., your potential new employer would be willfully kept in the dark?</p>
<p>That’s basically correct. However, there is usually a question asked in reference checks that is “Is this employee eligible for rehire?” That gives a clue. Also, HR folks have learned little ways to give hints by tone of voice etc if someone is clearly a bad risk. It’s kind of a difficult situation, because if someone is a thief or never seemed to “get” the hostile work environment thing, it would be nice to warn the potential next employer, but it has become very difficult to do so.</p>