How difficult would it be to prove slander at work and be sued successfully?
Truth is an absolute defense against slander which means if you are telling the truth, you cannot be sued for slander. However, it sounds as if the truth of your allegations has not yet been proven. Learn from this & keep your mouth shut. Don’t gossip no matter how tempting. If you want upward mobility, gossipers generally lose out on that front. If you are management, all the worse that you’d be bad mouthing employees except within the confines of a management meeting where an employee’s conduct is officially under discussion. Whether losing your job over it would be wrongful dismissal depends on whether you work in a right-to-work state or an at-will state. Most states are at-will states & you can be fired for anything except being a member of a protected class. So, in no state can they fire you for your race, gender, religious affilliation, sexual preference, or age. I believe a couple new categories may have been added, but no boss would ever walk up to an employee and say “You are
