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Can a former employer give you a bad reference

my former employer is giving me bad work refernces. Is there anyway I do can stop her. I quit my job and she is telling people lies and I have the proof.


Asked on 6/14/01, 12:20 pm

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Charles Aspinwall Charles S. Aspinwall, J.D., LLC

Re: Can a former employer give you a bad reference

The legal remedy for folks spreading lies about you is an action for slander [spoken] or libel [written]. The truth is an absolute defense, always, to these actions.

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Answered on 6/28/01, 1:29 pm


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