after-acquired evidence

noun

af·​ter-ac·​quired evidence

employment law

: evidence of an employee's wrongdoing that is discovered by an employer after the employee's termination but that could have been the basis for termination

An employer can rely on after-acquired evidence of resume fraud as a complete defense only if it can prove that the employee's concealment undermined the very basis on which he or she was hired.

—National Law Journal, 30 June 1997

Word History

First Known Use

1994, in the meaning defined above

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