Be very careful what you say to anyone about an ex-employee.
I had a case many years ago in the UK where an employee left (I wasn't
sorry to see him leave). A short while later I had a phone call,
supposedly from a prospective employer but I have since had my doubts,
stating that this guy had applied for employment and what was my comment
on him as an employee. I was very non-commital in my response, but when
asked "Would you consider re-employing him?" I answered "No", but didn't
explain that it was contrary to corporate policy to re-employ former
employees.
Next I knew was a snotty letter from a lawyer threatening action for
slander and defamation.
Howard.
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LANNet Computing Associates <http://www.lannet.com.au>
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> If he uses you as a referee for his next job, I'd
> certainly tell them about it - if you call his new
> employer and say "Listen, this guy did bla bla bla", it
> could be seen as slander and you could get in mondo
> trouble (we have a guy here who used the company
> network to view porn sites - yes, we have proof - but
> he claims it wasn't him and has threatened to sue if we
> mention his name in conjunction with this).
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