Giving out Board of Directors address

[Tam_67]

What is the name of your state? TX

I work for a non profit organization. I was terminated for breach of confidentiality. I was asked by a client what the president of the boards address was and I gave it to them. Isn't the address and phone numbers of any board public knowledge. Also you can find this persons name, number, and address by looking in the phone book.

Is this grounds for termination?

 

[cbg]

Yes. Whether the client could have gotten the information elsewhere is irrelevant. YOU did not have the authority to give it out. The termination is perfectly legal and most likely justified. I know that's not the answer you want to hear, but that's the way it is.

BTW, in an at-will state (which is every state except Montana and even includes Montana in some instances) an employer does not need "grounds" to terminate you, any more than you need "grounds" to quit.

 

[HomeGuru]

What is the name of your state? TX

I work for a non profit organization. I was terminated for breach of confidentiality. I was asked by a client what the president of the boards address was and I gave it to them. Isn't the address and phone numbers of any board public knowledge. Also you can find this persons name, number, and address by looking in the phone book.

Is this grounds for termination?

**A: if your employer deems it so.

 

[Beth3]

Yes, it's grounds for termination if the employer wishes it to be. Whether that information is publicly available is not the issue; the issue is whether it was appropriate for you to give that information out without authorization to do so. Many employers elect not to give out information on their employees or Board members without the individual's express consent.

Sorry this happened. You'll have to chalk it up as a lesson learned the hard way.

 

[Beth3]

Wow. A three-fer.

 

[Tam_67]

Thanks, I appreciate the answers.

One more question if you dont mind. Could this keep me from getting unemployment?

 

[Beth3]

It could but I tend to doubt it. Unless the company had a specific rule or policy that expressly prohibited giving out this information AND you were aware of the rule, then it's unlikely what you did amounted to "willful misconduct" and thus will be eligible for UC benefits.

 

[Tam_67]

Thanks I really appreciate all your answers. Have a happy and safe holiday!

 

[Beth3]

You're very welcome. Good luck with the job search.

 

[HomeGuru]

Wow. A three-fer.

**A: shucks, I thought it was a threesome.

 

[Beth3]

Play your cards right, Homie, and you just never know...

After all, it's the season for giving.

 

[HomeGuru]

Wowie!!!!!!!!!!!!
With you two hot ones, I'd like to try the reindeer twist and the jingle bell rock.

 

[Beth3]

I thought you meant you, IAAL, and JETX.

 

[hexeliebe]

That's going on in another thread Beth

 

[HomeGuru]

I thought you meant you, IAAL, and JETX.

**A: no, not the three mouseketeers.