Most organizations that have been given the proper legal advice will only disclose three pieces of information about you, no matter the quality of the job you did:
- Dates you were employed.
- Your job description or employment capacity.
- Your salary information.
Some information is absolutely prohibited from disclosure:
- School records, without your consent;
- Criminal history, though this varies from state to state and the nature of the prospective employer;
- Medical records, without your consent;
- Questions about a disability you may have, unless that disability impinges directly on your ability to perform the job even if the prospective employer makes “reasonable accommodations”;
- Certain governmental records, such as personnel records of local or state employees (in some jurisdictions);
- Your history of worker’s compensation claim(s).
- Your driving record is public record and can be released without your consent.