Employer has admitted and has slandered my name?

I was recently employed at a gas station named "gas america". a week after working there an other company called me for an interview making a substantial amout of more money. The time given from the interview and job coninsisted with the taking of the new job it would not of been possible to do both, notice of quiting is a curtosey not an REQUIREMENT. Upon returning to my former job to return my uniform "vest , hat, etc." my suprivisor KATHY admited that she will slander my name for future job refrences. I feel and think my civil rights will be compromised! I had a confidont call my former employer and she gave me a negitive responce, so negitive that she went into detail with complete stranger on the phone. i quit becuase of the money, she made it out as i had done something wrong.

My question is:
should i contact a lawyer??

Additional Details
no, i worked there for 3 weeks but i recieved a call from my new job a week after working there, but i didnt take it until this morning.

rwa000

you may be confusing a bad reference with slander, if she can prove what she is saying it is not slander

michr

1. if the new employer checked your reference it must not have been very bad or they probably would not have hired you.

2. what did the old employer say about you? if it was truthful then they can say it. if you did not give and work out a notice an employer may tell those who check for references that. if you are not eligible for re-hire they may release that.
telling the truth is not slander.

3. a current or former employer is in violation when giving references only IF they:
"KNOWINGLY" lie about the employee or in some states if they:
"reasonably should have known" the information was false.

4. there are NO limits on what factual work related information may be released. some employers as a matter of policy don't release anything but dates or re-hire status but that has nothing to do with the law, that is company policy!

should i contact a lawyer??
for what? you obviously have suffered no loss and have not provided any proof of any type of violation
SO.............
should you contact a lawyer?
NO

Cube Dweller

You could hire an attorney and sue for defamation of character but why waste your time. You only worked there a week so you shouldn't use it as a reference anyway.

chatsplas

Yes you should contact an attorney. Probably not worthwhile doing a full lawsuit, but have attorney write to your old employer about situation. Her spiteful actions violates law, as long as what she says is not TRUE. Good investment of money to preserve your reputation, and maybe you can get small settlement out of former employer.

Not sure what your misspelled statement is supposed to mean: notice of quitting is a courtesy not a requirement. Certainly any self respecting individual does his employer the courtesy of giving notice he is quitting, rather than quitting without any notice whatsoever. It is a professional manner of acting, treating others and yourself with respect.

The Citizen

I'd contact an attorney. You may have a tort claim under the doctrine of "interference in contractual affairs". Basically, if you are trying to negotiate a new employment contract (this just means getting a new job, which is considered contracting your labor under the law) and your old boss interferes in it, you have a tort claim. Which is why most HR people, who know better, will only give date of hire and date of termination for former employees if a potential employer is calling for a reference, unless the employee signs a waiver allowing them to disclose more info.

Here's the trick, though-- you have to prove actual harm to get anything in a tort case. So, you'd have to show the court your income suffered as a direct result of your former employer's actions, which could be tricky to prove, and if you are working low-paying jobs, you might have difficulty finding a lawyer to take your case, because your income potential will be directly related to the financial remedy the court can give (in other words, it might not prove a big payday for the lawyer and thus not worth his or her time).

moncar6

Yes you should contact an attorney, and you should also contact her boss because the only questions she can answer are #1) your time worked there, & # 2) if you are eligible for re-hire. she broke the law & violated company policy

virginia

my question is my son worked for a combany 1 1/2 year started at sales afte 10 months ass. manager never had a bad reff at the time manager was released miscontact off funds that my son and the rea.manager found my son worked for 6 weeks day and night until a new manager came after 2 months some merandice came up missing so they did a inventorey and it came short even tho it should have been done right after the new manager enter her job or the last one left well the put my son to blame even they knew that he had nothing done wrong because camaras on them all the time so my son was unemployed for a while now he found a new job was hiered 2 days ago now they called him and was told they could now give him the job because the got a bad reffarence from the last job anyone can tell is this considerd slander i belive so please help

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