What information can your employer give to a background investigator of a potential employer?

What law is broken if they give too much information or false information?|||Anything truthful.





No law is broken unless they lie and commit defamation.





Richard|||They should get permission to get information (from you). An employer can tell them if you worked there. They may be able to tell the salary (but only when you sign an okay). Other information could be questionable unless you work for a public entity (school system, etc). There information is public. But if for a peraonal business, there should be little information unless you give a realease.





Some employers may give information and if you can prove that, you might have a suit. See an attorney if in doubt.|||There is no law about it, although way too many people think there is. Your employer can turn over your entire personnel file if they want to.





As for "false" info... you would have to be able to PROVE that the info was false, and that the investigator was given that info. You then have a very slim chance of a suit.





Put yourself in the current employers shoes. If there is an investigator from another company there, that means you are trying to leave. Barring a work agreement or employment contract, I'd fire you on the spot. If you had either one of those, I'd still fire you. Your current employer is not in business to help other businesses take their employees.|||That has happened to me. What I do is don't list employers where things went bad or I give them the number of someone else working there if boss was prick. That said i don't apply to places that want 10yr histories


cause I have history





What most places do is call 1-3 references. I generally have had to sign a release that I wont sue references. I do think that in some cases u can sue for slander. but unless investigator tells u won't know.





If u missed alot of time and they revealed it their being ***** not breaking law. If they something like u stole ( when u obviously didn't )


I think in order to win such a case it would have to be a bold faced lie


or breach of Hippa Laws. They can't reveal u have a condition even if u do. Can't does not mean won't so be careful. I would never talk about my battles with mental illness at work. Same if u had something with less stigma too because some employers won't hire anyone they think will use and drive up the cost of their insurance. Its completely unethical likely illegal but I witnessed it at believe or not a charity


( in name only was more like a crime syndicate beneath the facade )