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ccrider77
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I live in Southern California.
We had an incident recently where a candidate for employment checked the box that states: "You may NOT contact previous employer." Well, HR made a mistake and accidentally submitted that employer to the background screening company resulting in them being contacted.
Question: Can an employer take action against an employee for seeking either supplemental employment or other employment? Are there any laws to prevent the employee from being terminated or otherwise discriminated against in a situation like this?
Question 2: If the employee does lose their job because of this, is their any recourse against the prospective company which tipped off the employer that their employee was seeking employment?
Thank you!
We had an incident recently where a candidate for employment checked the box that states: "You may NOT contact previous employer." Well, HR made a mistake and accidentally submitted that employer to the background screening company resulting in them being contacted.
Question: Can an employer take action against an employee for seeking either supplemental employment or other employment? Are there any laws to prevent the employee from being terminated or otherwise discriminated against in a situation like this?
Question 2: If the employee does lose their job because of this, is their any recourse against the prospective company which tipped off the employer that their employee was seeking employment?
Thank you!