If a person who is a reference gives negative information about a job candidate, there is a chance the candidate will claim meaning the person damaged the applicant’s reputation by making statements that cannot be proved truthful.

Defamation.

Explanation:

According to the given statement, it can be concluded that the candidate will claim the " defamation ".

The defamation involves any false statement made against the defamed person by any other person that leads to the shunning or loss in business or spread hatred against the defamed person, under the common law.

The defamation can be either spoken, or printed or any image

answer; (false);