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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Employment Record Disclosure Act. (Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96.)
Illinois · statute · 745 ILCS 46 · 6 active provisions
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Employment Record Disclosure Act. (Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96.)
Public purpose declaration. The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to protect from civil actions an employer that provides truthful, performance-related information about an employee or former employee to an employment reference inquiry. (Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96.)
No liability for providing truthful information. Any employer or authorized employee or agent acting on behalf of an employer who, upon inquiry by a prospective employer, provides truthful written or verbal information, or information that it believes in good faith is truthful, about a current or former employee's job…
Compliance with Personnel Record Review Act. This Act shall not be construed to exempt any employer or former employer from compliance with the Personnel Record Review Act, or to prevent any employee or former employee from seeking any remedy available under that Act. (Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96.)
(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96; text omitted.)
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96.)