Section 2960.100  Disclosure Of Information

a)         General labor market information obtained pursuant to the administration of the Illinois Employment Service, including but not limited to information concerning employment opportunities, employment levels and trends, and labor supply and demand, may be published and released to applicants registered for work by the Employment Service, to employing establishments, and to the public, provided that the publication or release does not include information identifiable to specific applicants or employing establishments.

b)         An applicant registered for work by the Employment Service, or an employing establishment, shall be supplied with information obtained pursuant to the administration of the Employment Service to the extent necessary for the proper and efficient performance of recruitment, placement, employment counseling and other functions of the Employment Service.

c)         A claimant for benefits, training allowance, or other payments under a State or federal law relating to a system of unemployment insurance, vocational training or trade readjustment allowances, or his or her duly authorized representative, shall be supplied with information from the files and records of the Employment Service to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of his or her claim or the determination of his or her present or prospective rights to the payments.

d)         Information obtained pursuant to the administration of the Employment Service shall be made available to:

1)         The United States Secretary of Labor, or other appropriate federal agency administering the Social Security Act (42 USC ch. 7), the Area Redevelopment Act, the Job Training Partnership Act, the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 (19 USC 1801 et seq.),  the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 USC 3101 et seq.), any successor legislation to any of the foregoing or any other federal Act relating to the vocational training of unemployed or underemployed workers;

2)         The Railroad Retirement Board;

3)         The Internal Revenue Service of the United States Department of the Treasury; and

4)         The Department of Revenue of the State of Illinois.

e)         Information obtained pursuant to the administration of the Employment Service shall be furnished, if permitted under Section 1900 of the Unemployment Insurance Act (Act) [820 ILCS 405], to any public officer or public agency of this or any other State or the federal government dealing with the administration of a law in relation to:

1)         Relief or public assistance;

2)         Unemployment Insurance;

3)         A system of public employment offices;

4)         Fair employment practices;

5)         Wages and hours of employment;

6)         A program of public works;

7)         A pension or retirement system;

8)         Vocational rehabilitation.

f)         Information received pursuant to the administration of the Employment Service shall be furnished to:

1)         An official or officer of a public school, college or university, or a placement official of a private college or university, but only to the extent necessary for the efficient employment counseling, vocational guidance and placement of an applicant registered for work by the Employment Service;

2)         A private social or welfare agency, but only if the information has a direct bearing upon the vocational adjustment or employability of an applicant registered for work by the Employment Service, and only to the extent necessary for the proper and efficient discharge of the placement and counseling functions of the Employment Service.

(Source:  Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 6583, effective May 14, 2019)