Employer Asking Questions About Previous Employee
Hello,
I have a lady in our HR department (shes known for not respecting anyone or any rules all the time) asking questions about a former employee. This girl worked for us for a while and was fired for some reason about 3 months ago.
Apparently she's been calling and "harassing" some people here but I know really know or care about the extent of that.
Anyway, I had also been contacted by this girl, our conversations were friendly as we always got along just fine. Anyway I had mentioned I talked to her a bit to a guy that had worked with her here, pretty sure this guy is the one that's complaining about her.
Long story short, my HR manager asked me to provide information on how she contacted me and what she said about other people here etc.
Pretty sure this is totally illegal. I don't believe an employer can ask questions about non employees like that. They may be attempting to file a restraining order against her which is pretty silly.
What are the rules on this?
Thanks,
-Tyler
Re: Employer Asking Questions About Previous Employee
Yes, your employer can ask you about contacts from prior employees. No law prevents it. You are free to decline to answer.
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Yes, your employer can ask you about contacts from prior employees. No law prevents it. You are free to decline to answer.
And free to be fired if you decline to answer. This would also be legal.
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Long story short, my HR manager asked me to provide information on how she contacted me and what she said about other people here etc.
Pretty sure this is totally illegal. I don't believe an employer can ask questions about non employees like that. They may be attempting to file a restraining order against her which is pretty silly.
It is not illegal in any state for the employer to ask those questions about a former employee. You are free to refuse to answer the questions but of course the employer is also free to terminate you at any time too, so if the employer gets ticked off that you won’t provide the requested information you could find yourself looking for a new job.