What happens if a former employer threatens legal action?
The former employer is hereby put ON NOTICE that any legal action or other adverse measures directed against the client that are based on false or unsubstantiated information will result in legal action taken against the company, to include suing for compensatory and punitive damages.
What should I do if my former employer sends me a threatening letter?
If anything negative is said, you should report it to your attorney, who should then send a second, more menacing letter. If it doesn’t stop, litigation is something you may need to consider. Once your former employer starts spending legal fees to defend himself, he may develop a new sense of self-control.
Can a company threaten to recruit someone away?
Big laugh there. In the US typically unless you have signed an agreement to the effect you won’t recruit other employees away, you are free to do so legally. Even if you did, they would have to show you were compensated to agree to not recruit.
Can a threatening letter be a legal threat?
Are you actually stealing their employees, IP, customers, etc.? This doesn’t pass the sniff test; a threatening letter nearly always is a response to a threat. Be careful, and ensure that you seek legal counsel if you’re being threatened.
What happens if you threaten an employer in the workplace?
Threats of violence, harassing behavior and maliciously false statements could be grounds for discipline or dismissal from a job. Allowing a Hostile Workplace An employer has an obligation to ensure its workplace is a safe environment and that worker complaints are handled in an appropriate manner.
If anything negative is said, you should report it to your attorney, who should then send a second, more menacing letter. If it doesn’t stop, litigation is something you may need to consider. Once your former employer starts spending legal fees to defend himself, he may develop a new sense of self-control.
What do you call a stalking former employer?
Houston, Texas Answer:You have what I sometimes call a “Stalking Former Employer.” He is an uncommon variety of the somewhat more common “Sociopathic Employer.” Like a jealous former spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend, these people can be hard to get rid of.
Can a Connecticut non-compete agreement be enforceable?
Every lawyer who has experience working with Connecticut non-competition agreements knows that many employers have enforceable non-compete agreements but rarely enforce them, while other employers have weak non-competes, or no non-compete at all, but will still aggressively pursue former employees they believe are harming their business.