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I am an administrator working in a public school district. I am in charge of a large employee group that consists of non-teaching staff.
Asked on Nov 16th, 2011 on Business Law - Washington
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on more than a few occasions the Union official for this group brings up accusations of wrong-doing, fabricated by employee members of the group. These are accusations of nepotism, etc which are totally false, personnally damaging and unfounded. These accusations were simply brought to my attention before but now they are requesting a meeting with our HR dept so they can make these totally false allegations. Is there any legal action I can take against the person(s) making these false allegations? Is this not considered slander or defamation?
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As a general mater, even if the accusations are false, as long as your employer has not taken any adverse employment action against you, you will not have suffered any legally actionable harm. These kinds of assertions are essentially made against your employer, not you personally, in order for the union to seek to obtain a better deal for its members. It's just not about you and, unfortunately, this kind of nonsense is pretty routine in any union shop. And it's a pretty ordinary event for most supervisors.
Answered on Nov 16th, 2011 at 5:55 PM