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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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