Legal Question in Employment Law in Virginia

My husband recently left his former employment on bad terms, while employed he worked 40+ hours a week including 5 full days and 1 half day. In his 5 years of employment with them he only missed time to take care of sickness within the family and recently the birth of his second child. Upon leaving he has applied for additional jobs and has lost one job due to the reference provided by his former employer stating that he had attendance problems. It is under my assumption that Virignia law only allows former employers to state the length of employment and whether the employee was a good or bad employee. What is your legal guildelines here and how can we go about getting justice.


Asked on 6/09/10, 8:26 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

There are no such guidelines as to what an employer may tell the prospective

employer of a former employee (as far as I am aware) other than those which might be suggested by the relevant statutes and cases governing the law of defamation in the Commonwealth.

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Answered on 6/09/10, 1:50 pm


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