Legal Question in Employment Law in California
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What questions can I legally ask an applicant's previous employer when performing a reference check?
Asked on 12/18/00, 2:21 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
David Harrison
Spivak & Harrison
Re: Previous Employment Questions
You can ask a prior employer whatever you want. The prior employer, on the other hand, may wish to disclose only the prior employee's dates of employment in order to avoid an action for defamation. The prior employer may also warn you of any wrongful or negligent act by the employee in order to protect itself from any negligence action by you or by another person who the employee causes injury to while he is working for you.
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David G. Spivak
(310) 772-2274
Answered on 12/26/00, 11:09 am
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