Q: My past employer has reported false information to my current employers that keeps me from getting jobs.
At my previous place of employment, a rumor was started about me. I was encouraged to talk about it with the employees at my job. People then began to ignore me and isolate me. This severely damaged my mental health and was documented with my therapist. I moved to a new location m to get a fresh start, and I was treated worse. Projects were discreetly taken away from me, or my other employees would end up doing the project I took initiative to start to make it easier to fire me in the future.I left that job because it had gotten so bad. I was experiencing severe emotional distress to the point of crippling anxiety and worsening depression. I put in my two weeks.
Now the same things are happening at my new jobs. I need help.
A:
Your question needs clarity that probably should be left to an offline consultation with an employee-side employment lawyer.
What is the rumor? If you are in the same geographic area, how can you be sure it was an employer and not employees spreading the rumor? You got a new job, which implies that whatever the rumor is that you believe your former employer is spreading is not unilaterally causing the same thing to happen at your new job.
Without more information, it's impossible to find fault or a remedy.
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