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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 398
BY SENATOR RISER
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 23:1660(C)(1), relative to employment records and reports for2
purposes of unemployment insurance; to provide relative to the confidentiality of3
information; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 23:1660(C)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:6
ยง1660. Employment records and reports; inspection by administrator; confidentiality7
of records; prohibition against subpoena8
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C.(1) Information, statements, transcriptions of proceedings, transcriptions10
of recordings, electronic recordings, letters, memoranda, and other documents and11
reports thus obtained, or obtained from any individual, claimant, employing unit, or12
employer pursuant to the administration of this Chapter, except to the extent13
necessary for the proper administration and enforcement of this Chapter, shall be14
held confidential and shall not be subject to subpoena in any civil action or15
proceeding, nor be published or open to public inspection, other than to public16
employees in the performance of their public duties, including the office of workers'17
compensation for information as to the limited questions of whether benefits have18
been paid and for which period of time for limited purposes of resolution of any19
workers' compensation claim dispute or fraud investigation under the Workers'20
Compensation Act, in any manner revealing the individual's or employi ng unit's21
identity. However, if requested, an employing unit or employer shall receive with22
any "notice to appear for a hearing" a copy of the statement which the claimant made23
regarding his separation from that employing unit or employer and in the same24
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manner, and on the same subject, the claimant shall receive a copy of the employer's1
statement. Additionally, any claimant or his duly authorized representative, at a2
hearing before an appeal referee or the board of review, shall be supplied with3
information from such records to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of4
his claim.5
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: