Ontario court dismisses lawsuit over bad job reference: lawyers
A man who sued his former employer for defamation over a negative job reference has lost his case after an Ontario court found the evaluation was truthful.
Lawyers for Stokes Economic Consulting say the company has been cleared in an $800,000 lawsuit filed by its former employee Adam Papp.
They say the court ruled that companies should be allowed to give their honest opinion in a job reference so long as there is no malicious intent.
The lawyers say the firm offered to give Papp a reference after firing him and planned to praise his technical abilities and computing skills.