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Or know anyone who has sued for discrimination or retaliation or other serious civil infractions involving wrongful termination after they started a new job? How'd that work out for you/them, assuming the new employer found out. And what I mean specifcially is how did the new employer react.
I know someone about to do just that, and there's a nearly 100% chance the new employer will find out and likely won't be too pleased, because they are closely affiliated with the old one (different agencies of the same government body).
Last edited by PJSaturn; 08-08-2018 at 09:21 PM..
Reason: Edited thread title at OP's request
Well, if it's a government body, they aren't likely to break the law. So, if someone rightfully sues their previous employer, it's not very likely that their current govt job is going to sue them or fire them for suing their former employer. If it was me, I would not only not worry about it, but would feel strong in the fact that my current employer is on notice - if they mess with me, I'll sue them :-)
It's public record but I'm not sure it goes down in the public record, until a judgment/verdict is rendered.
It appears when filed.
I Just ran a PACER search and it returned over a dozen discrimination and fair employment cases filed by individuals against companies just for yesterday. This covered both state and federal courts. It list the person's full legal name and if already scanned, I can read the actual complaint along with all reported information on the plaintiff. You can sample just how much information is available and how quickly it appears just by using Justia.
So, as an employer, I can easily run every employee's or applicant's names through the system and see if they are going to become a sue happy burden. No reason to hire or keep someone whose attention is probably going to be on their suit and not on their work. You'll be surprised how far back we can search and all the types of lawsuits we can see. Civil suits have a very, Very, VERY long lifespan of visibility!
Being publically available and becoming known to the public are two different things. Being part of the same government body the new employer may find out through the grapevine, or through the state's attorneys who may want to dig up dirt on him. But maybe not.
But the public will only find out if they go looking for the information (how many people search Pacer daily?), or if media catches wind of it and decides its "news".
Nevertheless, it could become known to the public and due to the nature of the defendant, that chance may be higher.
Last edited by Deserterer; 08-08-2018 at 10:08 PM..
So the question I meant to ask originally is, should the employee tell the employer before the lawsuit begins? He may be uckfayed either way so I don't know if one is better than the other.
I Just ran a PACER search and it returned over a dozen discrimination and fair employment cases filed by individuals against companies just for yesterday. This covered both state and federal courts. It list the person's full legal name and if already scanned, I can read the actual complaint along with all reported information on the plaintiff. You can sample just how much information is available and how quickly it appears just by using Justia.
So, as an employer, I can easily run every employee's or applicant's names through the system and see if they are going to become a sue happy burden. No reason to hire or keep someone whose attention is probably going to be on their suit and not on their work. You'll be surprised how far back we can search and all the types of lawsuits we can see. Civil suits have a very, Very, VERY long lifespan of visibility!
You sound like an absolute joy to work for.
Lawsuits are only a problem for those who plan to work for others the rest of their life. To answer the question: yes I know someone who has successfully sued an employer and did well afterwards.
Being publically available and becoming known to the public are two different things.
There are hundreds of services that siphon every court filing into their own huge databases and sell that data to hundreds of other services that send info and changes to info to employers. Its similar to when a person's name appears anywhere in any media story and the employer knows within hours. When information goes into the public arena, it has value to someone and services find all sorts of ways to immediately obtain that information and make money off of disseminating that information. Every day, every employee of mine can be scanned through a service that would reports any information changes on that person. It could be a government listing, a media report, suspended pay pal account, what concert tickets you bought last night, if your license plate used a fast food restaurant's drive through and even where you spent the night if you kept your smartphone with you! Do not for a second think your life is yours anymore.
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