problems with previous emplyer

[furball]

Hello,

I am a Canadian & I recently resigned my previous job which I had had for two & half years due to personal harassments that I received from my male supervisor. He acted as if he was a master and treated me like a slave or some sort of a lower being who did not deserve any respect. He continuously yelled at me, made false accusations on me, made other colleagues and supervisors turn against me by making up stories about me etc.

I spent more than two years trying to rectify this problem by going through a mediation process, talking to the company's HR, labour relation board & filing a grievance against him regarding harassment. However, it did not work at all. My health was failing because this problem and with my doctor's recommendation, I voluntarily resigned the position. The EI investigated my case and granted me with EI benefits.

Now I am looking for a new job & the online application site of a job opportunity that I recently found asked for the following information:
1) reason for leaving the previous workplace
2) supervisor's name in the previous workplace
3) Whether they can contact him or not/ phone number & address

I am not quite sure how I can answer the above questions. Well, I heard from other people saying not to mention anything negative about the previous employment/employer and to be honest. I do not know in my situation how I can give honest answers without saying anything negative.
I do not want the prospect employer to contact my previous employer as I am 100% sure that he will not make any good comments about me as I filed a grievance against him and he always made false accusations against me without providing any evidence to back up his claims. However, I do not want to say "No" to the #3 question because I heard some people saying if I say "No", the chances are the prospect employer will reject my application.

Do you have any ideas?

Thanks

Furball

[Teensie95]

Is disclosure everything? I have a similar problem and cant find an answer.

[tetris23]

1) reason for leaving the previous workplace
2) supervisor's name in the previous workplace
3) Whether they can contact him or not/ phone number & address

I am having the same issue with filling out job applications requesting this information. Per a book about reference checking, if the supervisor's name on the job application is not listed as a reference, it raises a red flag. Then it asks if they can contact your supervisor. You would obviously answer no if you feel that you would receive a bad reference, or you were terminated. This could have the result of removing yourself from employment consideration. How are you supposed to handle this?