Quote:
Originally Posted by Solumina
That would be a really dumb law, the whole purpose of contacting someone's previous employers is to find out what kind of employee they were, so of course they can say negative things, they just can't make false claims.
|
It may not be a law, it might be a very common corporate practice. However, it works out really well. As long as employers don't say anything negative, they can't be charged with libel, slander, or defamation. When an employer wants to say they don't approve of an employee, they simply refuse to comment.