Your negative comments about a job candidate could be considered defamatory if
A) in a phone conversation you tell the applicant's potential employer that the applicant is an alcoholic.
B) you omit important negative information about the candidate in a recommendation letter.
C) you decline to provide a recommendation because of "company policy."
D) you cannot prove that those comments are true.
E) you use actual examples to support what you say or write.

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D)Over the years,employees have won lawsuits that charged former employers with defamation charges - which can be successfully defended if the "defamatory" statements are proven to be true.Employers have been sued for retaliation by ex-employees who believed that negative letters were written expressly for purposes of revenge.Employers have even sued each other over recommendation letters when the recipient of a letter believed the writer failed to disclose important negative information.

Your Negative Comments About a Job Candidate Could Be Considered