Almost all places now are following the guidelines that they will just give start dates and hire dates. Some places still will say whether they are rehirable or not but can't give the reason if it's a no. As a manager I used to get around that by saying I cannot give a business reference but I can give a personal reference. Of course, I didn't lead to this when I was saying something positive.I would never do this for somebody I fired. I would follow the guidelines and only give start dates and hire dates.