Employer Reference Liability: HB 597 (1996)

Maryland

Releases employers from civil liability for providing employee references using a resumption of good faith. The good faith presumption can be rebutted only by clear and convincing evidence that there was actual malice or false information was intentionally or recklessly disclosed.

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