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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks for the responses. I'm a young woman who recently has been getting sick too much (flu, mono, infection) and was let go this morning. I understand completely that they need someone who is healthy enough to work and cannot afford to miss work themselves- it's just a bummer because I really loved my job and they loved me. I asked if I could use them as a reference and he said of course, but he would be telling the reason is due to health issues- which I believe is really shitty and NOT legal. Or am I wrong?[/quote]

[b]Why would you think this is illegal?[/b] It's the truth and it is a MAJOR factor with someone wanting to hire you or not. If you are going to be out sick quite often, then that means they will have to find backup care for you quite often as well. Not normally something people would want to do. So it is a good reason to fire you and to let others know why you were fired. I would say it would be kinda crappy if you had a health thing that meant taking a few weeks straight off work to heal and then you would be totally back up to par. But when it is more random and different things, that makes it harder to deal with. I can find a temp for 2 months straight, but finding people for a week here and another 3 days there is more difficult, especially when last minute.[/quote]

I'm not OP and I don't know the answer, but I have heard conflicting information on what a professional reference can and cannot say when they're asked about former employees. I suspect OP is trying to suss out whether nanny employers are held to the same restrictions (when I worked at a nonprofit we could only confirm the dates of employment, we were not allowed to say why someone left/was let go) or whether they are allowed to say whatever they want.[/quote]

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