Text: SF00279 Text: SF00281 Text: SF00200 - SF00299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 280 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 PROVIDING IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY FOR AN EMPLOYER OR 1 5 EMPLOYER'S REPRESENTATIVE WHO ACTS REASONABLY IN 1 6 PROVIDING WORK-RELATED INFORMATION ABOUT A CURRENT OR 1 7 FORMER EMPLOYEE OF THE EMPLOYER. 1 8 1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 10 1 11 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 91B.2 INFORMATION PROVIDED BY 1 12 EMPLOYERS ABOUT CURRENT OR FORMER EMPLOYEES IMMUNITY. 1 13 1. An employer or an employer's representative who, upon 1 14 request by or authorization of a current or former employee or 1 15 upon request made by a person who in good faith is believed to 1 16 be a representative of a prospective employer of a current or 1 17 former employee, provides work-related information about a 1 18 current or former employee, is immune from civil liability 1 19 unless the employer or the employer's representative acted 1 20 unreasonably in providing the work-related information. 1 21 2. For purposes of this section, an employer acts 1 22 unreasonably if any of the following are present: 1 23 a. The work-related information violates a civil right of 1 24 the current or former employee. 1 25 b. The work-related information knowingly is provided to a 1 26 person who has no legitimate and common interest in receiving 1 27 the work-related information. 1 28 c. The work-related information is not relevant to the 1 29 inquiry being made, is provided with malice, or is provided 1 30 with no good faith belief that it is true. 1 31 3. For purposes of this section, "employer" and "employee" 1 32 are defined as provided in section 91A.2. 1 33 1 34 1 35 2 1 MARY E. KRAMER 2 2 President of the Senate 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 RON J. CORBETT 2 7 Speaker of the House 2 8 2 9 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 2 10 is known as Senate File 280, Seventy-seventh General Assembly. 2 11 2 12 2 13 2 14 MARY PAT GUNDERSON 2 15 Secretary of the Senate 2 16 Approved , 1997 2 17 2 18 2 19 2 20 TERRY E. BRANSTAD 2 21 Governor
Text: SF00279 Text: SF00281 Text: SF00200 - SF00299 Text: SF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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