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Any employer that, upon request by a prospective employer or a current or former employee, provides truthful, fair and unbiased information about a current or former employee's job performance is presumed to be acting in good faith and is granted a qualified immunity for the disclosure and the consequences of the disclosure. The presumption of good faith is rebuttable upon a showing by a preponderance of the evidence that the information disclosed was:
(1) Knowingly false;
(2) Deliberately misleading;
(3) Disclosed for a malicious purpose;
(4) Disclosed in reckless disregard for its falsity or defamatory nature; or
(5) Violative of the current or former employee's civil rights pursuant to current employment discrimination laws.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Tennessee Code Title 50. Employer and Employee § 50-1-105 - last updated January 02, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tn/title-50-employer-and-employee/tn-code-sect-50-1-105/
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