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A terminated employee still lists their old position as current on LinkedIn - can HR do anything?
I saw an interesting question on the internet and I was curious to get the Focus community's response. Imagine you've noticed that an employee who was fired still has their position listed as "current" on LinkedIn. Is there anything that HR can do about that?
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Yes, HR can write a letter to their former employee, threatening legal action or going to court to prevent the individual from claiming they still work there.
Should they? Absolutely not.
In these litigious days, anything a company does to interfere with a former employee's future job prospects is an invitation to a law suit. And if the potential compensation with the new company is big, chances are your former employee will get a lawyer on contingency basis. That will end up costing you big, even if it never makes it to court.
The best practice is to say nothing, and if you are called as a reference by a future employer, simply give the dates of employment if you are asked.
why would they want to? quick answer: no.
You can contact LinkedIn Customer Service and have them remove the individual from your company page.. Much less intrusive.. the ex-employee probably won't even know it was done.. I have done this for many clients of mine that have me update their LinkedIn Accounts and link all employees and work LinkedIn for their businesses.. Please let me know if this helps.. Thanks, JY http://www.capnetmediamarketing.com
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