Can my full-time employer tell my part-time job about accusations against me?

I am a full time employee for a large medical facility. I also work part time for a county. The employers are not connected to one another. Can one employer contact the other with accusations against me and possible disciplinary action.

Rita Risser Chai responds:

It depends on the accusations. For example, if the accusation was child or sexual abuse, the facility could have a legal responsibility to notify the county. If the accusation was embezzling funds, and at both employers you have access to funds, the facility could justify warning the county. You can speak with an attorney to determine your rights. Good luck.

Posted 04-25-2021

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Rita M. Risser Chai2021-04-26T05:37:21+00:00

About the Author: Rita M. Risser Chai

Rita M. Risser Chai was an attorney in California for 20 years and now is an attorney in Hawaii. She authored the Prentice Hall book, Stay Out of Court! The Manager’s Guide to Preventing Employee Lawsuits, and she developed most of the curriculum used by Fair Measures including the firm’s first website which was praised in HR Magazine. She also wrote numerous articles on employment law including one on best practice harassment prevention training published in the magazine of the American Society for Training and Development (now ATD). She taught Law and Human Resources at the University of California, Santa Cruz, for eight years, and has presented four times at the annual conventions of the Hawaii Society of Human Resource Management.

Can my full-time employer tell my part-time job about accusations against me?

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About the Author: Rita M. Risser Chai