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Not a crime, this is civil. The "injured parties" would need to show
damages and they don't need that much proof. People (defendants) would need
to post something that interfered with the plaintiff's business to what ever
measure is required by the jurisdiction where the damage occurred, but
people should still be able to post their opinions about a recruiter without
the recruiter getting "legally" hurt. On the flip-side, if a recruiter told
a potential employer of an employee, say in a reference, that this employee
barely worked or was bad in some other way, then that recruiter could face
litigation because the recruiter is in a stronger position to cause damage
to the employee.
Jim, regarding your comment,
"I worked for a recruitment agency that didn't do direct deposit, nor did
they mail or deliver paychecks. To get paid, one had to drive to their
corporate office. Had I known that ahead of time, I probably wouldn't have
done business with them."
Was that in California? I thought that employers had to pay at the place of
employment, by mail, or by direct deposit at the employee's discretion.
When was this?
Lauren
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>Dori Green said:
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>I also wouldn't touch this....the people out there who need legal guns
>are well aware of the fact, and they've got them.
Agreed, we are a litigious society, but the burden of proof would be on the
recruitment agencies. They would have to prove a) a post to this website
was actually a crime and b) the damages from that crime. I'm assuming - in
this hypothetical situation - that a recruitment agency would argue that the
information in the post was false, and that this information reduced their
business/prevented them from doing business/ruined their reputation.
The burden of proof is on them, and it wouldn't be easy to prove. The
plaintiff better have some well-funded legal guns.
The feedback contained in this thread has been very valuable. I hadn't
thought about recruitment agencies posting glowing reviews about themselves.
Personally, I think a site like this would be of value.
I worked for a recruitment agency that didn't do direct deposit, nor did
they mail or deliver paychecks. To get paid, one had to drive to their
corporate office. Had I known that ahead of time, I probably wouldn't have
done business with them.
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