Legal Question in Civil Litigation in Tennessee
slander
I recently quit my job. I believe my recent employer will tell associates not to hire me. What can I do WHEN this happens?
Asked on 12/21/06, 1:52 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
James R. Becker, Jr.
Becker Law Firm
Re: slander
It depends on what your former employer is saying. In Tennessee a former employer has a great deal of leeway in what they can say to prospective future employers. The exceptions to this lie primarily in the former employer saying things that it knows to be untruthful and said to intentionally injure the former employee.
To learn more about this, you can go to my website, www.memphisemploymentlawyer.net and follow the link to "What is illegal?" There you can access my webpage on employment defamation in Tennessee.
Answered on 12/23/06, 11:19 am