They can fire you for no reason that is true. But they shouldn’t have anything bad to say about you then should though.

IANAL - my experience over 50 yrs has been that major companies will only confirm dates of employment for former employees.

“Resign or be fired” is not a kindness, it’s cheating the employee out of unemployment they’re legally entitled to and making things easier on the supervisor.

Legally yes but many companies don’t want litigation in cases where a former employee can sue for slander. Most companies have policies that will say position held at termination and how long you were employed. Some will say eligible or not eligible for rehire but there are many reasons you may not be eligible. I’m assuming you’re asking this question because of a firing.

Large companies outsource these referrals to a third party company called the work number. This is considered a credit bureau for legal purposes and you can request a copy of your file

What makes you think you can’t fire someone without cause?

In Massachusetts, absent a union or a contract, employees are at-will and can be fired at any time for any reason or for no reason at all reason.

There is also plenty of room to argue if you do give a reason; not saying successfully argue, just saying room to argue and litigation is a PITA.

Yes but you can’t fire someone without cause so most employers keep records of complaints and violations. So as long as they only say why you were fired there is no room to argue

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IANAL, but this is my understanding. Too many people think there's some law that prevents employers from saying anything negative about an employee (justified or not). The only recourse someone has is a civil suit where they have to prove some sort of slander (hard to do, as I understand).

> It costs time and money to argue over what’s true and what’s defamatory

Those same costs apply to both sides. The person who is accusing the business of slander will need to be able to eat those costs. I would say in most cases businesses are in a better position to argue those cases than an individual.

Unless one gets some sort of proof that's hard to prove.

Very strange but at least you know why it happened.

Nope, but I was able to find my receipts from the last renewal and realized they only charged me $35 and not $60. I did pay $60 last night so I think I’m back on track for 2 years lol

Well the plates were originally on my old car back in March of 2022 when I renewed. Purchased my new car in November of 2022 and transferred the plates then. BUT, I did some digging and found my receipts from the last renewal and realized they only charged me $35 and not $60 which brings me back to never realizing 1 year was an option.

>Yes but not if the remarks are true.

It can still suck even if you’re 100% in the right. It costs time and money to argue over what’s true and what’s defamatory.

Sounds like a slander lawsuit to me.

That why it’s called a reference. They can absolutely state that you were terminated and whether they would hire you again. Most don’t want to open up the door to litigation, so they don’t share too much to save the time and money (they would almost certainly win short of something truly egregious by them which is almost impossible to prove). I’d be more concerned about how you will speak to the situation that lead to the letting go. We all have bumps in the road, most people are reasonable. Good luck.

Did you get a vanity plate, by chance?

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Not in this scenario

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My employer will only confirm title and dates of employment. Of course they demand references that will reveal more 🙄

Yes but not if the remarks are true. They can say “oh we fired them for this” granted most places won’t unless you were really just a scum bag. All that being said putting a former employer down as employment history and as a reference are two different thing. You shouldn’t be putting someone down as a reference if you got fired

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