is it illegal for an employer to discuss an employees personal information with customers?
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is it illegal for an employer to discuss an employees personal information with customers?
A coworker overheard the owner telling customers very private, personal information about one of their employees to customers.
Asked on November 10, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Wyoming
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Unless this action violated the terms of an employment contract/union agreement or in some way constituted some form of actionable discrimination, it was legal. The fact is that most employment is "at will" which means that a company can set the conditions of the workplace much as it sees fit. Therefore while this bevavior was unprofessional, it broke no laws.
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