Release of Private credit information caused my termination

[Musicman972001]

What is the name of your state? Mississippi

Good Afternoon everyone

I am currently seeking some advice on whether to proceed with a law suit against my landlord and my former employer. In Jan of 06 I was called into my supervisor's office and was informed I needed to resign due to the fact that my landlord had given some private information concerning my monthly lease payment. My landlord stated that I had not paid Dec of 05, payment. However, I paid in cash more than the regular payment but I did not ask for a receipt. I asked my supervisor why this was brought to his attention, and I was not given a reason. Now, let me back up just a moment. My supervisor had only been with our company less than 6 months, I had been with the company 3 years and 5 months. I later found out after I had resigned that the whole thing was a set-up because he felt that he would not be in-charge if I were still employed with the company. So from the moment he became employed, he set out to get rid of me, and began to research and dig into my personal affairs. What I would like to know is, do I have a case that would hold up in court, if I filed suit? Please help as soon as possible.

Thank You

 

[cbg]

Nope. You would only have a case for wrongful termination, which is what I presume you mean, if a specific law says you can't be fired for that reason. Firing you because the employer mistakenly believed that you had failed in your personal financial obligations (at least under these circumstances) is not prohibited by law.

 

[Musicman972001]

Release of private credit information

Good afternoon

Please inform on this item of release of credit information. I thought that I had read somewhere that it is a state of federal offense to give out any credit information whether public or private if you the employee or person have not signed an agreement for release of information. Does this not violate the privacy act put into law by congress and please forgive me, I cannot remember the date it was put into effect.

Thank You

 

[cbg]

You're talking about FCRA.

If your employer, or your landlord, had asked a third party to run a background check on you, they would have had to have gotten your written authorization. But that's not what happened here.

 

[saminalham]

Fcra

The only advice I would give you (I am obviously NOT an attorney) is to google FCRA and download it to see if anything pertains to your situation. It might, regardless of what people say on this website. Read through it thoroughly, and if you find something, find a lawyer, or better yet, find a new job
Sounds like you don't really want to work for them anyway, and neither would I if they tried to get personal information to damage your reputation.



Saminalham

 

[fairisfair]

by all means, after all landlords and employers are known to go to great lengths and subversive maneuvers to damage their tenants/employees reputations (NOT) for what purpose??? You can bet that this employer had a signed release form.

 

[turbowray]

salminalham

hope i spelled that right...CBG would never give out incorrect information...though the poster has every right to follow every lead in this,if cbg says nothing illegal was done,then nothing illegal was done...sorry hon,i just know her and she is very very knowledgable and wouldnt tell someone not to pursue it if she knew something that could help the poster...well thats it lol...hope your having a good day!!

 

[cbg]

Turboray, thanks for your support but I'm human and make mistakes just like everyone else. In this case, I really don't see that FCRA applies but that is not my strongest area and I don't mind in the least if the poster wants to check it out for themselves.

You're a good friend, thank you.

 

[turbowray]

you to cbg

Turboray, thanks for your support but I'm human and make mistakes just like everyone else. In this case, I really don't see that FCRA applies but that is not my strongest area and I don't mind in the least if the poster wants to check it out for themselves.

You're a good friend, thank you.

Your a great asset to this site and i appreciate your knowledge and always will!!