Can I sue my ex-employer for not providing my landlord with an employment verification which has resulted in my paying higher rent?
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Can I sue my ex-employer for not providing my landlord with an employment verification which has resulted in my paying higher rent?
For the past 2 months, I have been trying to get my former employer to provide my office building with an employment verification form stating my last day of employment so that my rent will be lowered. I have tried calling them multiple times, faxing the form to them multiple times, and even going to see them in person to, all no avail. They always have an excuse, or say they will do it that day but it never gets done. Last month because of their stall tactics I had to pay a full month’a rent, and I had to do the same again in February. I work part-time at my current job and can’t afford to keep paying rent as if I were still working for my former employer, which I have told them repeatedly. I want to know if I can sue them to either force them to release the information they were supposed to 2 months ago, or to make them pay me the difference in what my rent should have been versus what I paid because of their
inaction?
Asked on February 16, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, New York
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Unfortunately, your former employer is under no legal obligation to confirm your past employment. That is unless it is required to do so under the terms of an employment contract or union agreement. Also, your treatment must not constitute some form of legally actionable discrimination. Otherwise, I am afraid that you are out of luck.
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