i was fired from a job that i had for 15yrs,3 months later my ex employer called my current employer and let them know the reasons that i was terminated.do i have any legal rights?
2007-01-16 14:29:39 · 8 answers · asked by mark v 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
It's illegal here in Quebec. An ex employer can't give out information to your current one unless you gave them as reference. There are even forms you should fill to prove you won't sue them! Check with a lawyer or state HR to know your rights.
Maybe you should have a good talk with your current employer to explain your version of the facts. Being honest while still trying to show your good side is always the best option in life!!!
2007-01-16 14:37:13 · answer #1 · answered by Mel 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
#1 how do you know that your ex-employer phone them, proof it?? Did you tell the truth why you are no longer at your last job? Fifteen years is a long time to stay on a job, and it must have been some big issue for you to leave or get fired.
When a new employer called to verify employment all you can say is the date they were hired, position/title, you can not give out a salary amount, but you can confirm a salary amount. You can state favorable or non-favorable termination. If the new employer ask would you rehire this person, they can say yes or no. If no the new employer would know something happen that was not good, and they can draw their own option.
2007-01-16 14:40:47 · answer #2 · answered by D S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was completely wrong! If you did use them as a reference, that was not professional at all. However if for some reason, your current employer heard from word of mouth about your dismissal, then its up in the air. Its a Small world out there, you really wanna be careful at places of employment. Whatever the circumstance maybe one's reputation gets around, and employers will not hire according to what they hear. Although its unethical, but sometimes that the truth. I would contact a local employment lawyer, to get so information on employment laws. Also file a complaint with the Better Business Bureau and US Department of Labor.
2007-01-16 14:47:02 · answer #3 · answered by Maria T 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would be very pleased for soemone provide the citation of a state law that forbids an employer from revealing the reason for termination. (none of the states I am familiar with have such a statute; California could ALWAYS be different) If an employer has "In-house" rules that forbids HR from confirming any information other than dates of employment and your "re-hire" status (whether they would or not) , then that is very different than being forbidden to "reference" by statute. Most larger companies now have "exit interviews". The former employee is usually given a written document containing the information that will stay on your employment record. The companies do this so you will know what the reference check will reveal. In my legal opinion, in my jurisdiction, as long as they are truthful, they can reveal, to a prospective employer via a written request, anyhting that their own policies allow.
2016-05-23 22:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In Canada, that's illegal. If you can prove this, you have yourself a real court case for punitive damages. If I owned a business and saw your resume, I would really wonder about your past employer's reference because, in order to survive in a company, and longer than a year in today's job market, is pretty good in my opinion. Your experience itself would indicate that you obviously did your job well enough to last for all this time and I would really question that the reason you were fired was more likely to do with some kind of conflict or argument- unless you did something like stealing from the company or some kind of criminal charge that you went to court and were charged for. If you have never been charged with anything then I would go see a lawyer, if you can afford one, and sew, sew, sew!!
2007-01-16 15:06:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not and if you have proof...real proof, not he/said she/said....SUE!
Technically, your ex-employer shouldn't even tell the reason you were terminated...or that you were terminated even if you do list them as a reference. All they can do is verify that you worked for them and the time frame you did so. A bad reference is cause for a lawsuit if that is the reason you did not get the job.
2007-01-16 14:40:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES, you do. Check with a lawyer, an employer is not allow to share information is this way.
2007-01-16 14:36:59 · answer #7 · answered by whatevit 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if it's illegel in your state but it is in mine, check with a lawyer.
2007-01-16 14:33:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋