If an employee publicly spoke badly about new employee b/c of their terrible exp with them and the new employee found out, can the new employee sue? I know if a supervisor ever revealed if you were fired you can sue, but is the latter slander?
2007-12-02 08:02:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Employers enjoy a general conditional privilege against being liable for defamation. Basically, they can say bad things about you to a prospective employer if true. The notion that they can't say you were fired is untrue. Only through abuse of the privilege can they lose it. I don't really understand what your question is though.
2007-12-02 19:23:54 · answer #1 · answered by mikearep 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Slander requires a false statement of fact, that the utterer made either in the knowledge that it was false, or with "reckless disregard" for whether it was true or false.
You can sue anyone, for anything, but if what the person said is true, or if they reasonably believed it to be true, or if it was just opinion, then a suit can't succeed.
You also can't *successfully* sue a former employer for telling people you were fired, if that's true.
Truth is ALWAYS a perfect defense to any type of defamation claim.
Richard
2007-12-02 08:15:51 · answer #2 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's the truth it isn't slander, maybe unkind, but not a lie.
How can a supervisor be sued for telling the truth about a person getting fired?
I hear about a lot of firings at companies that way and don't see what the grounds could possibly be.
2007-12-02 08:14:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A) You mean if the former is true.
B) If what the person spoke about was true it is not slander...if the person spoke of how it made them feel it is considered not factual but interpretation.
C) Since when can an employer not reveal that you were fired?
2007-12-02 08:12:18 · answer #4 · answered by elysialaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People slag off other people all the time, if everyone could sue for slander in such cases there would be a floodgate of cases, so I'd so say 'no' but I'm not an expert on such things
2007-12-02 08:20:39 · answer #5 · answered by LONDONER © 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without knowing exactly what was said, it is impossible to say if this is slander.
But generally, if it was a statement of opinion and not a statement of fact, it is not slander. Also, if it is a statement of fact that is true, it is not slander.
2007-12-02 10:43:58 · answer #6 · answered by raichasays 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋