What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? South Carolina.
I have a friend who was recently wrongfully terminated. He worked for an individual who owned an 'under the table' business & we do understand that the laws that apply to 'legitimate' business do not apply in our case. But, we do have a few questions about what we can and cannot do to receive the compensation that we are owed out of a verbal contract.
My friend began emailing his ex-employer under a made up name about 2 days before he was fired...he emailed as 'a job seeker' in response to a job ad posted by his employer to try to find out when and why he would be fired. He has found his employer to be lying about him to job seekers that he was a horrible employee and that he even committed crimes, etc....none of which are true.
We are wanting to take the ex-employer to court for failing to pay severance pay from a verbal contract. And, contained within email messages, sent to our 'made up job seeker' from the employer, is admittance of this verbal contract & the employer's lying and reasons for such. We would love to be able to present this information in court as evidence to support our claim, but we fear that contacting the employer through a 'made up' name under false pretenses to derive necessary information from her may not be exactly legal.
Is this illegal or can we use the emails to support our case? Any insight on this will be much appreciated. Thank you.
I have a friend who was recently wrongfully terminated. He worked for an individual who owned an 'under the table' business & we do understand that the laws that apply to 'legitimate' business do not apply in our case. But, we do have a few questions about what we can and cannot do to receive the compensation that we are owed out of a verbal contract.
My friend began emailing his ex-employer under a made up name about 2 days before he was fired...he emailed as 'a job seeker' in response to a job ad posted by his employer to try to find out when and why he would be fired. He has found his employer to be lying about him to job seekers that he was a horrible employee and that he even committed crimes, etc....none of which are true.
We are wanting to take the ex-employer to court for failing to pay severance pay from a verbal contract. And, contained within email messages, sent to our 'made up job seeker' from the employer, is admittance of this verbal contract & the employer's lying and reasons for such. We would love to be able to present this information in court as evidence to support our claim, but we fear that contacting the employer through a 'made up' name under false pretenses to derive necessary information from her may not be exactly legal.
Is this illegal or can we use the emails to support our case? Any insight on this will be much appreciated. Thank you.