Employees may have a claim if their employer has interfered with their future employment prospects.  Even if there is no employment contract, employers cannot interference with an employment relationship and cause harm to the employee. 

This typically occurs when an employee is seeking future employment.  For example, the former employer may give a negative reference or do other acts with an improper purpose to interfere with the employee’s reasonable expectation of employment.  At the same time, a claim may arise with the employee’s present employment when a supervisor interferes with an improper motive with a reasonable expectation of continued employment. 

In either instance, the employee must show that the employer knew about the employment expectancy and intentionally interfered with an improper purpose and that the employee has suffered damages.   

The Case Law Firm vigorously represents employees whose employment opportunities have been harmed in both negotiations and litigation.