745 ILCS 46/ Employment Record Disclosure Act.

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745 ILCS 46/1

(745 ILCS 46/1)

Sec. 1.

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the Employment Record Disclosure Act.

(Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96.)

745 ILCS 46/5

(745 ILCS 46/5)

Sec. 5.

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.)

745 ILCS 46/10

(745 ILCS 46/10)

Sec. 10.

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 performance is presumed to be acting in good faith and is
immune from civil liability for the disclosure and the consequences of the
disclosure.

The presumption of good faith established in this Section may be rebutted by
a preponderance of evidence that the information disclosed was knowingly false
or in violation of a civil right of the employee or former employee.

(Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96.)

745 ILCS 46/20

(745 ILCS 46/20)

Sec. 20.

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.)

745 ILCS 46/90

(745 ILCS 46/90)

Sec. 90.

(Amendatory provisions; text omitted).

(Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96; text omitted.)

745 ILCS 46/99

(745 ILCS 46/99)

Sec. 99.

Effective date.

This Act takes effect upon becoming law.

(Source: P.A. 89-470, eff. 6-13-96.)