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<blockquote data-quote="ArtemisGwen" data-source="post: 2389743" data-attributes="member: 822578">Gossip is not against the law.&nbsp; You started the ball rolling by telling your employer why you were not coming to work.&nbsp; You chose to divulge that information and I would assume that you did not ask your boss to keep the information confidential.Your privacy was not violated.&nbsp; Arguably, you violated your husband&#039;s privacy by disclosing this information to a third person.Employers are not required to keep the reason an employee called in confidential.&nbsp; You had no right to or legitimate expectation of privacy in this situation.&nbsp; If you had wanted it kept confidential you should have told her that you would appreciate this courtesy.&nbsp; She did not need your permission to pass this information along.&nbsp; That you work in a medical clinic is completely irrelevant.&nbsp; Your husband was not a patient at this medical clinic and YOU divulged the information under conditions that would not fall under the umbrella of a privileged communication. You have absolutely no basis for a lawsuit.&nbsp; You do have the right to schedule a private meeting with this employer and explain to her in a calm and professional manner that, while you know you didn&#039;t expressly ask her to keep the information confidential, you were really expecting that she would do this and were hurt and disappointed when you returned to work and found out that she had discussed this with another co-worker.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ArtemisGwen, post: 2389743, member: 822578"] Gossip is not against the law. You started the ball rolling by telling your employer why you were not coming to work. You chose to divulge that information and I would assume that you did not ask your boss to keep the information confidential. Your privacy was not violated. Arguably, you violated your husband's privacy by disclosing this information to a third person. Employers are not required to keep the reason an employee called in confidential. You had no right to or legitimate expectation of privacy in this situation. If you had wanted it kept confidential you should have told her that you would appreciate this courtesy. She did not need your permission to pass this information along. That you work in a medical clinic is completely irrelevant. Your husband was not a patient at this medical clinic and YOU divulged the information under conditions that would not fall under the umbrella of a privileged communication. You have absolutely no basis for a lawsuit. You do have the right to schedule a private meeting with this employer and explain to her in a calm and professional manner that, while you know you didn't expressly ask her to keep the information confidential, you were really expecting that she would do this and were hurt and disappointed when you returned to work and found out that she had discussed this with another co-worker. [/QUOTE]

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