Section 27-1-113 - Employer Immunity for Disclosure of Certain Employee Information; Rebuttal of Presumption

27-1-113. Employer immunity for disclosure of certain employee information; rebuttal of presumption. (a) An employer who discloses information about a former employee's job performance to a prospective employer or to an employer of the former employee is presumed to be acting in good faith. Unless lack of good faith is shown by a preponderance of evidence, the employer is immune from civil liability for the disclosure or for the consequences resulting from the disclosure. (b) For purposes of subsection (a) of this section, the presumption of good faith is rebutted upon a showing that the information disclosed by the former employer was knowingly false or deliberately misleading or was rendered with malicious purpose.