My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Massachusetts
I've been reading up on the articles on Expert law and the article on PROMISSORY ESTOPPEL caught my attention.
"A promissory estoppel or detrimental reliance claim asserts that an employer revoked a job offer or terminated an employee without cause, despite promises that the employer made to the employee and the harm that the employee suffered in reliance upon the promises. This type of claim is most often made by an employee who receives a job offer, resigns from a job, moves to a new city or state to commence employment, but is then either denied a job or is fired soon after commencing work."
Through a recruiter I was given a notice that I would be hired by a bank at $20 per hour. According to the e-mail, the start date was to be determined but I was congratulated on landing a new position at the bank and was told verbally that we would start very soon.
The notification was sent to me on July 24, 2015 and I also received onboarding documents plus work related documents to fill out like W4, I9 and a direct deposit form that I promptly filled out. In the first week of August 2015 I also took a drug screening test.
Afterwards I called and sent periodic e-mails asking when the position would start or if the bank had given any notification on a start date and was told to wait, we’ll see but eventually that the offer fell through on August 17, 2015.
During that entire time I was not looking for any other jobs and it took me another month to land a job on 9/3/2015.
What is the viability of seeking damages from the recruiter for misleading me for that one month where I was not looking for employment?

