I recently found out that I had been dismissed from a job that I resigned from. Specifically, I was unable to stay at the job due to extensive travel and circumstances at home, so I called the foreman and told him that I had to resign. I was told that it would not be a problem and there would be no negative repercussions. I found out several months later that according to their records I had been dismissed. I realize that employers don't have to have a reason to terminate employees, but don't they have to INFORM the employee of termination? Thus far in my quest to find out the reason I have been totally ignored. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Russ

Generally speaking, an employer does not have to inform an employee of their termination. It makes sense that you'd be notified, but it's not required.

Your options are to contact the former employer and see what they say. It may just be a clerical error that easily rectified. If not, they should be able to tell you why they classified your separation as "dismissed" and not "resigned".

A lot of people interpret the word, "termination" as being a synonym for "fired". That is not the case. A quit is a voluntary termination.