Managers and HR leaders need to be careful what they tell job candidates in order to woo them
Employers try their best to impress applicants in the hopes of attracting top talent. In light of this, hiring managers need to be careful when wooing candidates as they might make a false promise that could end in a misunderstanding – and even legal action against the company.
But can an employee even sue for false promises? To answer that, employers must first understand what is considered a false promise.
A false promise, more known as fraudulent inducement of employment, happens when a hiring manager makes a statement on something the company can fulfill or avoid, but cannot or does not want to follow through with. These statements are made to entice job applicants to consider the company as their choice of employer. A false promise can also happen for current employees. Managers and HR leaders can claim false statements in order to influence the employee to stay in the company.
These fraud claims could be, for example, promises of a promotion soon, receiving larger sums of bonuses, transferring to their preferred team after accomplishing a project, shifting to a different work schedule soon, taking on more work for the chance to take on an important project, and staying in the role longer for the promise of a more extensive benefits package. Of course, these can all be valid, reasonable promises. Still, suppose there are no signs of...
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