Can the company in which I was just terminated from bar managers from speaking on my behalf and being a reference for future employers?
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Can the company in which I was just terminated from bar managers from speaking on my behalf and being a reference for future employers?
In addition to HR telling them they cannot be a reference for me, they were threatened with their job of they did.
Asked on June 29, 2009 under Employment Labor Law, Oregon
Answers:
J.M.A., Member in Good Standing of the Connecticut Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 15 years ago | Contributor
I am a lawyer in CT and practice in this area of the law. Employees at will such as managers can be fired for good bad or no reason at all. If an employer wants to get rid of a manager for giving a reference, they can. The employer has an interest in protecting itself form having former employees from suing them becasue a manger makes false statement of why the employee left or was fired. believe it or not it happends. In fact, sometimes people conspire to do this to get back an employer. I suggest that you not ask someone to disobey the policy.
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