My former employer has a corporate friendly reference policy and does not allow supervisors to provide reference. Now that I am no longer employed there can I be held to that policy when listed as a reference for a former supervisee?
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My former employer has a corporate friendly reference policy and does not allow supervisors to provide reference. Now that I am no longer employed there can I be held to that policy when listed as a reference for a former supervisee?
The policy states to direct the caller to
human resources who only provides
start and end employment date and the
rate of pay at that time. But I am no
longer working there. And the buisness
has been reorganized/sold and
renamed.
Asked on June 28, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, Maine
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
Post employment, you are only subject to that policy (or any other workplace policies) if you signed an agreement (such as separation and release agreement, or SRA) in which you accepted some compensation (such as severance) in exchange for agreeing to be bound by the terms of the agrement--and such agreement contained the referral policy to which you refer. Otherwise, unless you contractually obligated yourself, once you leave work, you don't have to follow the employer's policy.
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