Timeline for Boss threatens employee with losing their job if they don't cooperate in forcing an ex-employee to drop charges
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| Sep 14, 2018 at 7:10 | comment | added | gnasher729 | Telling the truth about illegal things is not damaging the company. Doing illegal things is. If the company gets fined, for example, that’s the fault of the manager, not the fault of the informer. | |
| Sep 13, 2018 at 11:59 | history | edited | gnasher729 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 13, 2018 at 1:54 | comment | added | IllusiveBrian | @SethR He could make a wrongful dismissal claim, but while IANAL I think the employer would have a strong argument that giving information to opposing counsel without your company's consent or a court order in an active lawsuit against the company is a valid cause for dismissal. At bare minimum I would advise the friend talk to his own counsel before making a decision. | |
| Sep 13, 2018 at 1:15 | comment | added | Seth R | @IllusiveBrian if the friend gets fired for talking to the lawyer, they will be able to file their own lawsuit and already be in contact with a lawyer who can handle the case. | |
| Sep 12, 2018 at 23:34 | comment | added | IllusiveBrian | @BenMz I'm only suggesting bccing information related to the HR complaint or anything that could be used as part of a wrongful dismissal suit. Could you explain why the book applies? Also, something I noticed I disagree with in the answer - talking to the plaintiff's lawyer may work against the friend if that is discovered and he is fired for it. | |
| Sep 12, 2018 at 22:37 | comment | added | Ben Mz | @IllusiveBrian Documenting everything is very important, however BCCing a private email address with company confidential information may be problematic (see Bad Blood by John Carreyrou for an example of using BCC to protect your self didn’t go well). I suggest its better to keep hard copies off site. | |
| Sep 12, 2018 at 20:22 | comment | added | IllusiveBrian | Your friend should start documenting everyting - even writing in a notebook directly after a conversation is better than nothing. However, try to do as much as possible over email, and he may want to consider bccing his personal address as well. | |
| Sep 12, 2018 at 19:04 | comment | added | David K | Yes, talk to the boss's boss, or HR. This is one of the instances where HR would definitely be helpful. | |
| Sep 12, 2018 at 18:59 | comment | added | booleanbean | the "boss" is only in the title, for brevity; thanks for the point with perverting the course of justice — this didn't occur to me. | |
| Sep 12, 2018 at 18:55 | history | answered | gnasher729 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |