ok well my situation is a bit more awkward and I want to hopefully get some good answers here.

I live in the state of California.

I applied for a job recently and had a phone interview which went well and my information was forwarded to a on-site manager for a face to face interview this week.

The problem is I didnt' want my current manager to know I am looking to leave my job for another (like most wouldn't) but it turns out her friend works in HR for this other company, and her friend called her and said "did you know your employee applied". She confronted me about it the other day and it made everything awkward and now I feel like I have to watch my back so I don't get thrown under the bus for any ol' reason.

I contacted the lady I phone interviewed with to tell her that "someone" contacted my current employer and it has jeapordized my current job and being so early in the interview process I didn't understand why they would do that. I told her I didn't remember authorizing them to do that and she said " no you didn't, i'll look into this. and i'm very sorry this has happened" I kept my knowledge of how much I knew to a min. b/c I didn't want to sound threatening or vindictive. But then a few hours later my boss was calling me on my days off (which she never has before). I asked my co-workers if they knew why and they said no.

I'm thinking the girl in HR (her friend) got in trouble and told my boss and she was calling to say something to me. But she is not here so I don't know anything yet. If that's the case I will most def. report again that someone was communicating and breaching my confidentiality.

My question I suppose is, if i do NOT get this position, what legal actions can I take being that not only did I not authorize the contact, but the fact that it was a "friend speaking to friend" situation and who KNOWS at all what they talked about.

someone please help me on this!!! i'm freaked out and LIVID and upset!