Yes, it costs a lot of money to fight a lawsuit your former employee may bring against you. But you might not ever get there. In my experience, nasty employe

Yes, it costs a lot of money to fight a lawsuit your former employee may bring against you. But you might not ever get there. In my experience, nasty employers will directly contact and threaten the employee's new employer, which can result in the employee being fired (or maybe never hired in the first place).