Ariz. Admin. Code § 6-3-1403

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 25, June 21, 2024

Section R6-3-1403 - Disclosure of Information and Confidentiality

A. Information obtained from employer reports and investigations of claims for unemployment insurance benefits is strictly confidential and shall not be published or disclosed to others except as permitted by authorized personnel within the strict limitations hereinafter stated:

1. To individual employers or their authorized agents if the information directly concerns their liability as an employer or their account with the Department or the information was initially obtained from the employer or the employer's predecessor;

2. To individual claimants or their authorized representatives if the information directly concerns their status as a claimant;

3. To public employees in the performance of their official duties, provided the information so disclosed and the source of such information is kept confidential and used only for authorized governmental purposes;

4. To an agent of the Department designated as such in writing for the purposes of accomplishing certain of the Department's functions, with the proviso the information so obtained or the source of such information is kept confidential and used only for the purpose for which the entity was designated as an agent of the Department;

5. To the general public when such information does not include information identifiable either directly or indirectly to individual claimants or employing units;

6. To an outside party after the party has obtained written authorization which has been provided directly to the Department from the employer or claimant permitting the Department to release certain specified information;

7. To authorized personnel of a requesting entity authorized to receive the information under a data-share agreement established with the Department in accord with the terms of such an agreement.

B. No employee or agent of the Department shall testify or give evidence before any court or in any quasi-judicial proceeding concerning unemployment insurance records or information except as herein provided, or as instructed by legal counsel to the Department

C. Employees of the Department of Economic Security shall not disclose any information obtained in the course of their duties, whether the information is within their personal knowledge or from files, records, reports, or other documents of the Department, unless they are the individual authorized to disclose such information within the strict limitations imposed above.

Ariz. Admin. Code § R6-3-1403

Adopted effective July 26, 1978 (Supp. 78-4). Amended effective December 20, 1995 (Supp. 95-4).