Can i sue my employer for forwarding a statement that was supposed to be confidential?
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Can i sue my employer for forwarding a statement that was supposed to be confidential?
My manager forwarded a
confidential statement i
made regarding harassment
to other employees via
email.
Asked on March 21, 2017 under Employment Labor Law, Colorado
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 7 years ago | Contributor
No, you most likely cannot effectively sue.
First, unless they agreed in advance in writing to confidentiality, they were not obligated legally to keep it confidential: even if you consider something confidential, that does not bind others unless they had agreed to it.
Second, even if they had agreed to confidentiality, the law only provides compensation for provable losses and injuries--not including emotional upset--which can be tracked or traced to the disclosure; so unless you can prove some concrete negative impact on you, even if you sued, you would not get any compensation.
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