Supervisor Harassment a Personal Reference
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Supervisor Harassment a Personal Reference
My supervisor found out that a coworker had given me a reference for a new job
and she called that co-worker and fussed her out about giving me a reference. Can
she legally call my personal references and harassed them? Did she violate
employment laws? Do I have a case to sue?
Asked on August 18, 2016 under Employment Labor Law, South Carolina
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
No, she did nothing illegal--unfair and arguably immoral, perhaps, but not illegal. Any person can call up another person and express displeasure about what they did. That is legal: there is no law saying that person A cannot complain about what person B did for person C. An employer can even call up an employee and tell her that she shouldn't have given a reference to a co-worker looking to change jobs: not only does the employer have the general right of anyone to comment on or complain about what someone has done, but an employer can also direct or give instructions, or criticism, about anything at all job-related...like helping a co-worker leave the employer's employment and go elsewhere.
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