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  09/10/13, 8:08 pm
I worked for candy fleet was laid off and called back to work total of 2 and a half years and I bent a wheel in the dark going up a river on a log and was fired they are my old employer now and are giving negative feed back to other employers. And it is not true statements as well I have video of all my maneuvers as a boat handler from years ago as well as present.So they are lying to keep me unemployed.I'm not the first to suffer them people that have left them suffer the same they call the new employer and say they walked off the boat and get them fired.They have people on the boats write and sign false statements against people cause if you check they had me hand in a few or you are fired as well.You cannot leave you can not get fired so how do you stop their kind of ignorance?
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Donald Hyatt Says:

Sep 11,2013 1:56 PM

Under Louisiana law, specifically La. R.S. 23:921, a Louisiana employer has protection from all but "bad faith" refernces. "Bad faith" for purposes of the statute requires proof that the information was knowlingly false and deliberately misleading. If you have video of the incident for which you were terminated you have a good chance at proving this. Obviously, other corroborating evidence and witnesses would be essential. Without evidence of this nature, you will almost certainly not be successful in a civil suit against them. One possibility is to have a friendly business call and make a record of the exact details of what the former employer is saying about you, which may be so extreme that it is easier to meet the high burden for this type of claim. In my experience most employers are not vindictive, but there are some, and with the protection afforded by this statute they can do a lot of damage, exactly as you have described. The foregoing is intended as legal information concerning the question asked, but is not intended as legal advice upon which the requesting party may rely in guiding their actions. Rather, the requesting party should consult an attorney for a personal consultation and advice for a full consideration of their situation and rendition of legal advice. Additionally, by providing this general information I am not accepting any representation of the requesting party and I am specifically declining to form an attorney-client relationship with the requesting party unless agreed to later after further consultation and agreement.

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