How can I file a complaint against my former employer without pressing charges?

In the US an employer may release anything that is truthful........... as a matter of POLICY many employers only release dates of employment and titles. 'Rick B' likes to answer that it is a law that all that can be released is dates BUT fails to ever post a link to support that contention........ a FEW states do require a signed release before information is given to a third party but in those states a signed application or a resume listing the employer as a reference is a signed release..... so if a former employer has knowingly lied about you then you could possibly file a civil suit but if the "bad reference" is truthful or reasonably believed to be truthful then there is NOTHING you can do about it except prove that you have changed and that the reference is no longer relevant.............

They can say anything. Many companies have a policy of what they will or will not say, but they legally can give any information that is true.

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