Employer Asking Questions About Previous Employee

Hello,

I have a lady in our HR department (shes known for not respecting anyone or any rules all the time) asking questions about a former employee. This girl worked for us for a while and was fired for some reason about 3 months ago.

Apparently she's been calling and "harassing" some people here but I know really know or care about the extent of that.

Anyway, I had also been contacted by this girl, our conversations were friendly as we always got along just fine. Anyway I had mentioned I talked to her a bit to a guy that had worked with her here, pretty sure this guy is the one that's complaining about her.

Long story short, my HR manager asked me to provide information on how she contacted me and what she said about other people here etc.

Pretty sure this is totally illegal. I don't believe an employer can ask questions about non employees like that. They may be attempting to file a restraining order against her which is pretty silly.


What are the rules on this?

Thanks,

-Tyler

Employer Asking Questions About Previous Employee