Can staffing recruiters call my current employer?
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Can staffing recruiters call my current employer?
I was called into the office today with a phone
call. It was a recruiter from a staffing
service soliciting a job offer to me. My issue
is I did not provide my employers information
on my indeed resume. They took it upon
themselves to yellow book my employer to reach
me. Is this legal? If my employer knew it was a
staffing service they could get mad about that
and I could have been fired
Asked on November 7, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Illinois
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
It is 100% legal. You cannot control where other people contact you or, for that matter, what they say, to whom, unless they signed some sort of confidentiality agreement. (So not only could they call you at work, they could speak directly to your boss or HR and ask for their opinion of you as an employee or to verify your wages/salary.) This is a risk of looking for a new job while employed; more professional recruiters, etc. will be discrete, but you can't force them to be.
Yes, you could be terminated (fired) for looking for a new job or speaking to a staffing service, unless you have written employment contract which does not let you be terminated for that reason.
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