Nevada Code § 41.755

Limitations on liability of employer who discloses information regarding employee to prospective employer of employee; exceptions
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1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, an employer who, at the request of an employee, discloses
information regarding:
(a) The ability of the employee to perform the
employees job;
(b) The diligence, skill or reliability with
which the employee carried out the duties of the employees job; or
(c) An illegal or wrongful act committed by the
employee,
to a
prospective employer of that employee is immune from civil liability for such
disclosure and its consequences.
2. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 3, an employer who discloses information regarding an employee to a
public safety agency pursuant to NRS
239B.020 is immune from civil liability for such disclosure and its
consequences.
3. An employer is not immune from civil
liability for a disclosure made pursuant to subsection 1 or NRS 239B.020 or for the consequences of a
disclosure made pursuant to subsection 1 or NRS
239B.020 if the employer:
(a) Acted with malice or ill will;
(b) Disclosed information that the employer
believed was inaccurate;
(c) Disclosed information which the employer had
no reasonable grounds for believing was accurate;
(d) Recklessly or intentionally disclosed
inaccurate information;
(e) Deliberately disclosed misleading
information; or
(f) Disclosed information in violation of a state
or federal law or in violation of an agreement with the employee.
4. As used in this section:
(a) Employee means a person who currently
renders or previously rendered time and services to an employer.
(b) Employer includes an employee or agent of
an employer who is authorized by the employer to disclose information regarding
an employee.
(c) Public safety agency has the meaning
ascribed to it in NRS 239B.020 .

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