Legal Question in Employment Law in New York

Re: defamation to character

If the employee is in a position of either supervisor or officer of the company, the company could be held responsible for her or his actions. This goes for anything, not just libel and slander. If the company is notified and takes no action it would help your case, assuming you have one and that what you think IS libelous or slanderous is in law as well as in your opinion. Don't be shocked to find that there are plenty of defenses to libel and slander ( truth being the neatest ) but as my old property prof once observed, " possession is 9 points of the law, true, but we don't know how many points the law HAS. "

--- Elmer Million, OBM.

Probably you should either get over it or get another job. Even sueing won't get you a nice work environment, and probably will exacerbate the situation.

Re: defamation to character

Maybe.

Defamation is a complex body of law, and liability for defamation is often very difficult to prove.

Employees acting within the scope of their employment on behalf of their employer, who publish false and injurious statements to a third party, could cause liability to attach to the employer, assuming the statements are not privileged.

There are at least 5 "ifs" in that general statement of the law. Obviously, I would need you to explain the situation in order to be able to tell you more.