Defamatory References
Many Ohio employees incorrectly assume that their former employers are only permitted to reveal their dates of employment and positions held to potential employers or other third parties seeking job references.
In fact, employers are permitted, and actually encouraged as a matter of policy, to share their "honest beliefs" about former employees. This means that Ohio employees who have been unlawfully terminated not only suffer the immediate effects of the employer's misconduct, but may also have difficulty finding new employment, especially where candidacy for a new position requires satisfactory job references.
In some cases, employers will publish inaccurate, harmful or defamatory information about a former employee. And in such cases, Ohio employees have potential legal recourse.
Because the value of future employment is so great, one of the most valuable services an employment attorney can provide is to negotiate expungement of negative employment records and positive or neutral job references.
An employment attorney can check your job references and provide you with a thorough report of what your former employers are telling prospective employers. Such information can prove invaluable in explaining the reason for separating from a former employer to a job prospect. Moreover, if your former employer is communicating negative information about you, an employment attorney can negotiate positive or neutral job references or assess the legality of the former employer's conduct.
Employees who believe that one or more former employers are providing negative job references to prospective employers should contact an employment attorney to seek expungement of their employment record and neutral job references, and to assess the value of their potential claims.
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Many Ohio employees incorrectly assume that their former employers are only permitted to reveal their dates of employment and positions held to potential employers or other third parties seeking job references.
In fact, employers are permitted, and actually encouraged as a matter of policy, to share their "honest beliefs" about former employees. This means that Ohio employees who have been unlawfully terminated not only suffer the immediate effects of the employer's misconduct, but may also have difficulty finding new employment, especially where candidacy for a new position requires satisfactory job references.
In some cases, employers will publish inaccurate, harmful or defamatory information about a former employee. And in such cases, Ohio employees have potential legal recourse.
Because the value of future employment is so great, one of the most valuable services an employment attorney can provide is to negotiate expungement of negative employment records and positive or neutral job references.
An employment attorney can check your job references and provide you with a thorough report of what your former employers are telling prospective employers. Such information can prove invaluable in explaining the reason for separating from a former employer to a job prospect. Moreover, if your former employer is communicating negative information about you, an employment attorney can negotiate positive or neutral job references or assess the legality of the former employer's conduct.
Employees who believe that one or more former employers are providing negative job references to prospective employers should contact an employment attorney to seek expungement of their employment record and neutral job references, and to assess the value of their potential claims.
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