What does blacklisted at a job mean?

In employment, a blacklist or blacklisting refers to denying people employment for either political reasons (due to actual or suspected political affiliation), due to a history of trade union activity, or due to a history of whistleblowing, for example on safety or corruption issues.

Is black listing illegal?

The Employment Relations Act 1999 (Blacklisting) Regulations 2010 are intended to make the use of blacklisting unlawful. Q What do the regulations prohibit? A In broad terms, the regulations prohibit three things. First, it is unlawful for anyone to compile, supply, sell or use a ‘prohibited list’.

Can a person be blacklisted from employment?

There are countless things to screw up your chances of getting a job – more than that, you can even be blacklisted by an employer. If an employer blacklists you, you’re no longer on their list of consideration for any position.

Is it legal for an employer to blacklist an employee?

Note that these laws define blacklisting in varying ways. Some prohibit employers from maintaining an actual blacklist, some prohibit employers from making false statements about an employee, and some simply prohibit employers from using any means to prevent an employee from finding a job.

What is a blacklist and how does it work?

In essence, anytime your previous employer puts into writing or verbally states something to willfully and maliciously keep you from getting employment. This goes even deeper as you research and find any instance of this list being obtained by a third party makes it a blacklist.

What should be the punishment for blacklisting employees?

They should include multi-million $$$$$ penalty amounts to be paid to the employees on the lists. Heavy auditing of all HR activities and training to get them in compliance. Personal criminal charges for those who can be directly tied to the blacklisting activities and more. Oh yeah, the blacklist.

Why is Google blacklisted from Washington State?

This is also part of the reason that Google and Apple got in trouble for agreeing to not hire each other’s engineers. It was an agreement that hurt the employees Economic Mobility and right to Gainful Employment. With reference to the Blacklist law for the State of Washington, it states: