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1998 SESSION
SB 272 Employment references; employer liability.
Introduced by: Patricia S. Ticer | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY:
Employment references; employer liability. Provides civil and regulatory immunity to an employer who, acting in good faith, discloses to the prospective employer of an employee or former employee (i) information about an employee's job performance, or (ii) reasons for a former employee's employment termination. To qualify, the request for information about an employee or former employee must be in writing, and the information released in response must be documented in the employee's personnel file. The bill also establishes a rebuttable presumption of employer good faith unless a preponderance of the evidence shows that the employer acted with malice, intentionally or recklessly disclosed false information, or disclosed information protected under a nondisclosure agreement that is confidential under federal or state law.
This bill was combined with SB 474, along with SB 520.
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- 01/19/98 Senate: Presented & ordered printed 984355745
- 01/19/98 Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/09/98 Senate: Reported from C. & L. with amendments (12-Y 3-N)
- 02/11/98 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/98 Senate: VOTE: CONST. RDG. DISPENSED R (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/98 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/98 Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 02/12/98 Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/12/98 Senate: Motion to rerefer to committee agreed to
- 02/12/98 Senate: Rereferred to Courts of Justice
- 02/15/98 Senate: Left in Courts of Justice
- 02/15/98 Senate: Incorporated in other legislation (SB474-Quayle)