A hiring manager from Alpha Co. has just received a phone ca…
A hiring manager from Alpha Co. has just received a phone call from the hiring manager at Beta, Inc. asking about a former Alpha Co. employee. The hiring manager had been informed by the manager of the former Alpha Co. employee that the former Alpha Co. employee had lost his position based on his refusal to do work as ordered by his manager. The hiring manager had informed the coworkers of the Alpha Co. employee about the termination and informed them that it was for insubordination. During that conversation, the co-workers of the former Alpha Co. employee began informing the hiring manager of Alpha Co. that they had heard that the former Alpha Co. employee often slept on the job and did nothing but use his cell phone on the clock all day. The hiring manager of Alpha Co. told the hiring manager of Beta, Inc. that the former Alpha Co. employee was fired for insubordination as well as sleeping on the job and being on his cell phone all day. Describe the legal liability for Alpha Co. arising out of the hiring manager for Alpha Co.’s informing the Alpha Co. employees about the termination of the former Alpha Co. employee as well as the hiring manager for Alpha Co. informing the hiring manager of Beta, Inc. why the former Alpha Co. employee was terminated.