Now that I have been fired over apparently a he said, she said thing, I am wondering how awful of a reference I will be given from my former employer. Is it illegal for me to ask a prospective employer to record the reference call to verify that the former employer is not stating untrue facts that they shouldn't be? Also, what is the former employer allowed, and not allowed to say, and how? Is there a web site that might disclose this information? One more thing, would the former employer have to know that the call was being recorded in order for it to be admissable in court if the former employer tries to "blacklist" me?