Public Act 096-1212
 
SB3588 EnrolledLRB096 15672 RLC 36327 b



    AN ACT concerning employment.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The Personnel Record Review Act is amended  by 
changing Section 7 as follows:
 



    (820 ILCS 40/7)  (from Ch. 48, par. 2007)



    Sec. 7. 
(1) An employer or former employer shall not 
divulge a disciplinary
report, letter of reprimand, or other 
disciplinary action to a third party,
to a party who is not a 
part of the employer's organization, or to a party
who is not a 
part of a labor organization representing the employee, without

written notice as provided in this Section.

    (2) The written notice to the employee shall be by 
first-class mail to
the employee's last known address and shall 
be mailed on or before  the
day the information is divulged.

    (3) This Section shall not apply if:

        (a) the employee has specifically waived written 
    notice as part of a written,
signed employment application 
    with another employer;

        (b) the disclosure is ordered to a party in a legal 
    action or arbitration; or

        (c) information is requested by a government agency as 
    a result of a claim
or complaint by an employee, or as a 
    result of a criminal investigation by such agency.

    (4)  An employer who receives a request for records of a 
disciplinary
report, letter of reprimand, or other 
disciplinary action in relation to an employee under the 
Freedom of Information Act may provide notification to the 
employee in written form as described in subsection (2) or 
through electronic mail, if available. 
(Source: P.A. 83-1104.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.