Q: Can a previous employer contact a current employer for no other reason other than to advise I left their place
I was pursued by a particular company, decided to give it a try, but after working there for 3 days I decided it wasn’t for me and left. They are now contacting my current employer telling them how I left basically trying to sabotage me. There was no other purpose for their call other than to harass me.
A: Unless your current employer contacted them, they are not allowed to call your current employer. More importantly, depending upon what they said they may have opened themselves to law suit under several statutes.
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