CSHB 147(JUD): "An Act relating to the disclosure of information by an employer about the job performance of an employee or former employee."
00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 147(JUD) 01 "An Act relating to the disclosure of information by an employer about the job 02 performance of an employee or former employee." 03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 04 * Section 1. AS 09.65 is amended by adding a new section to read: 05 Sec. 09.65.160. JOB REFERENCES. An employer who discloses information 06 about the job performance of an employee or former employee to a prospective 07 employer of the employee or former employee at the request of the prospective 08 employer or the employee or former employee is presumed to be acting in good faith 09 and, unless lack of good faith is shown by a preponderance of the evidence, may not 10 be held liable for the disclosure or its consequences. For purposes of this section, the 11 presumption of good faith is rebutted upon a showing that the former employer 12 (1) recklessly, knowingly, or with a malicious purpose disclosed false 13 or deliberately misleading information; or 14 (2) disclosed information in violation of a civil right of the employee
01 or former employee that is protected under AS 18.80 or under federal law.