Employment Law in Ohio?

Can a perspective employer ask a former employer about the potential employee's work performance at that job? Or are the only able to ask if the person worked there, for how long, the pay, and what their duties were? What are the things that employers can not ask or disclose to other employers about the employee

Yes. The rule is that you should not ask about things that are legally protected such as age, race, religion, height, weight, sex, etc... Basically, you can ask any question that is relevent to the prospective job and that does not violate the legal rights of the person that could be considered discriminitory. However, just because you can legally ask the question does not mean that the other employer is legally obligated to provide you with an answer.

If the employer is an Equal Oportunity Employer (EOE) any questions pertaining to legally protected classes of people are irrelevant since they cannot be used as a basis for determining employment. Be very careful asking these types of questions because if that employee is subsequently not hired they may slap a discrimination suit on you if you used any protected information in your decision (or even if you didn't but it appears that you did.)

I don't think they can ask that. Try the websites below to do more research on the topic. Hope this helps.

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