Fired for false allegation and denied new employment because of it, what are my legal rights?

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I worked for a sanitation consultant firm, that was under contract with a poultry plant. An employee of the poultry plant made a false allegation to the poultry plant that I was in the ladies room with another female employee. I was fired with no proof of this incident. The only thing I could really do was tell my employer I did not do this thing. Okay, new sanitation firm came into the poultry plant under contract and a job was offered to me. I went in one night and the next day, I was told that they could not hire me because the poultry plant made them aware of the allegation. Is this right? Is this defamation?

Asked 11/18/2009 under Employment and Labor | 243 View(s) | More Legal Topics