If you get a new job, and your boss attempts to scare and intimidate you by threatening to call your new job and talk bad about you, but at the same time says she won't if you stay, is this blackmail/extortion?
Pretty sure your boss can get into trouble for that. If I recall correctly, they can only confirm that you have worked the years you listed and whether or not they would rehire you.
Yea its pretty illegal. Now a days, even if you did a bad job, you can still try to sue an ex-employer for giving you a bad rep. Thats why most companies just give politically correct answers. At least this is waht I remember hearing.
Pretty sure it's illegal for the boss to say anything bad about you to the new company. Holliday inn last nite
That is illegal. I would call her out on it. I want to know her reaction if you do, she sounds crazy.
Get it on recording. Then blackmail her. Spoiler On a serious note: You can download an app like this one: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.record.my.call&hl=en
It's not illegal. It is perfectly within his or her right to tell the other company their assessment of you as an employee. It's up to you to decide whether to pursue slander civil charges against your old boss/company should you fail to get your new job.
Legally a company cannot call your new employer and say anything negative about you. That's why when companies contact your prior employer all they're doing is verifying prior employment. That's all they can legally do.
They can say anything they want if it's true. Most companies don't want to worry about being accused of lying and ending up in court so they don't say anything.
There is no law preventing a former employer from giving an assessment of your employment history when contacted for references. However, most employers voluntarily choose to offer few details other than employment verification to avoid getting sued. This is not the situation as described in the intial post. The initial post implies that references and prior employment have already been verified and the job offered.
It seems pretty legal to me, otherwise negative performance reviews would basically be worthless. I don't think it's slander without some reckless disregard for the truth.
What she's doing is illegal, so a bit of CYA will cover her crazy streak in case she does try to ruin your career.
