External recruiter contacted my company and told them I was looking to leave.
England.
I work in IT and get a fair few cold calls from recruiters, it's pretty standard for my role and they're generally ignored.
About a month ago I did bite to a few and had a few chats to try and establish what my market worth is, in preparation for an annual review / pay chat.
I spoke with 4, 3 of them were internal recruiters for competitors, one was an external recruiter for the sector.
A senior manager at my company rang me on Friday to say a recruiter had contacted them saying I am looking to leave, they have my CV, and we're actively looking to place me in another role, would the company like him to start finding my replacement. (I know. Mental.)
Due to the way this message has been conveyed, it is almost certainly this one individual due to the nature of internal / external recruitment.
My question is, has he broken any laws here?
Is there anything I can do here aside from publicly posting the story whilst tagging the individual and their company?
Luckily, my senior manager understood and took my explanation of looking to establish market value so I don't believe I am at risk of losing my employment.
I did debate reaching out to the recruitment company to explain what's happened, but from what I hear of recruitment as an industry, he'd likely get a pat on the back.
Thanks.