Bad Recommendation
We have been applying for jobs and not getting call backs after they check our reference. Come to find out a previous campground has been bad mouthing us. We fulfilled our commitment and left on go...
Forum Discussion
Lurker52 wrote:
I had a friend pose as an employer and found out they are telling lies about us.
I am no lawyer but I would think that would be grounds for a civil case considering and contingent on the fact that you could prove that those lies being told were preventing you from being hired elsewhere.
Those lies could be considered slander and if they were written then they could be considered libel.
If you could get some of the other places to admit the reason they did not hire you was as result of those lies then you could prove damage in that you were unable to attain a contract which was worth the equivalent of whatever the value of the package that you would have been offered had you been awarded the position.
At the very least you could have the judge file an injunction against the offender forbidding them to discuss you or your employment with anyone under penalty of fines or other punishment.
While it does help you that you no longer list them as references man of these operators talk among each other and your name could be passed around in conversation even though the discussion might have nothing to do with employment with anyone privy to the discussion. If what they are saying is bad enough it could stick in another operator's mind or they could note it and should you later seek employment the operator may remember what the other guy said in passing and refuse you the opportunity.
