{"id":3857,"date":"2022-01-07T13:08:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T13:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/43.204.200.242\/hr-glossary\/after-acquired-evidence\/"},"modified":"2022-04-17T17:31:41","modified_gmt":"2022-04-17T12:01:41","slug":"after-acquired-evidence","status":"publish","type":"hr-glossary","link":"https:\/\/akriviahcm.com\/resources\/hr-glossary\/after-acquired-evidence","title":{"rendered":"After-acquired Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new evidence found after firing an employee and misconduct during the employment period that leads to termination is known as after-acquired evidence.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In a lawsuit alleging discrimination, an employer may present after-acquired evidence unavailable during the earlier investigation or trial\u2014that would have enabled the employer to justify the employee’s termination. For example, suppose an employer learned that an employee falsified information on his <\/span>job application<\/span><\/b>. In that case, this could provide a legitimate cause for termination and limit the number of damages in a subsequent lawsuit.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3 Reasons “After-acquired Evidence” Defense Can Help Against <\/span>Employment<\/span><\/b> Discrimination Complaints:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. limits the number of damages you can seek in your lawsuit.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. An employer may review work history for convictions and infractions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The defense can help an employer to win the case.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3857","hr-glossary","type-hr-glossary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is After-acquired Evidence? | Meaning & Definition | Akrivia HCM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"After-acquired evidence shows the employee's misconduct during their employment would have eventually led to termination.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/akriviahcm.com\/resources\/hr-glossary\/after-acquired-evidence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"After-acquired Evidence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"After-acquired evidence shows the employee's misconduct during their employment would have eventually led to termination.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/akriviahcm.com\/resources\/hr-glossary\/after-acquired-evidence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Akrivia HCM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AkriviaHCM\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-04-17T12:01:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AkriviaHCM\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/akriviahcm.com\\\/resources\\\/hr-glossary\\\/after-acquired-evidence\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/akriviahcm.com\\\/resources\\\/hr-glossary\\\/after-acquired-evidence\",\"name\":\"What is After-acquired Evidence? 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