Do I have any rights of my employer told a client what I said?
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Do I have any rights of my employer told a client what I said?
My agency sent me to a new client. They warned me of him offering drugs to the caregivers. I wrote on the tablet that he offered me pot almost immediately. I received a call from the personnel coordinator and informed them at that time that the customer informed me of a video he secretly recorded of the previous caregiver propositioning him. When I returned to the client’s the next day, he was upset, yelling at me because my employer told him and showed him what I said. I quit that day.
Asked on June 8, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Michigan
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
There is no prohibition against this action by your employer unless it violates the terms of any applicable union agreement or employment contract. The fact is that there are few rights to privacy in the workplace. Accordingly, a company can set the conditions of employment much as it seees fit (absent some form of legally actionable discrimination). Additionally, since you quit, you re not eleiglbe to receive unemployment compensation.
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