Relevant Subsections:
3.(a), (c),(2)-(4)(8)(9), (h)(4)
Relevant Language:
LABOR LAW, ARTICLE 18 - UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE LAW, TITLE 3 - ADMINISTRATION, § 537 - DISCLOSURES PROHIBITED...3. EXCEPTIONS. The commissioner may, however, disclose the information described in subdivisions one and four of this section under the following circumstances:(a) Federal law. The commissioner shall report fully and completely to the appropriate agency of the United States on the effect and administration of this article in the manner prescribed by such agency, and further he or she shall make information available, upon request, to any federal, state or local agency entitled to such information under the social security act or any other federal law in the manner prescribed by such federal law or its implementing regulations...(c) Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the delivery of unemployment benefit information contained in the department's records to the secretary of health and human services of the United States or the state agency responsible for collecting such information, ... (f) United States census bureau. Upon request to the commissioner, such information may be disclosed to the United States census bureau ... (2) any state or United States territorial workforce agency, local workforce investment board and its agents, and one-stop operating partner receiving funds under the workforce investment act of 1998 ... 3) the United States department of labor or its agents, as required by law, or in connection with the requirements imposed as a result of receiving federal administrative funding;(4) state and local economic development agencies, or their agents, where such information is necessary to carry out the statutory functions of such agencies, shall receive a quarterly census of employment and wage information compiled by the department, provided that such disclosure shall not violate federal law...; and (8) the office of vocational and educational services for individuals with disabilities of the education department for the evaluation of the effect on earnings of participants, or former participants, in employment and training programs for which the office of vocational and educational services for individuals with disabilities of the education department has reporting, monitoring or evaluating responsibilities. (9) the commission for the blind and visually handicapped for the evaluation of the effect on earnings of participants, or former participants, in employment and training programs for which the commission for the blind and visually handicapped has reporting, monitoring or evaluating responsibilities. h. Department contractors, subcontractors, or agents. The department may disclose unemployment insurance information to its contractors, subcontractors, or agents as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the statutory functions of the department. Such disclosure shall be consistent with the authorized purposes described in subdivision four of this section and all applicable federal regulations, guidelines and policies. 4.WAGE REPORTING INFORMATION obtained by the department from the state department of taxation and finance ... shall not be disclosed to persons or agencies other than those considered entitled to such information under the social security act or other federal law, or as provided in subdivision three of this section or when such disclosure is necessary for the proper administration of the department's unemployment insurance program, employment services program, employment and training programs, worker protection programs, federal programs for which the department has administrative responsibility or for other purposes deemed appropriate by the commissioner under this chapter. Any reports concerning employment and training programs submitted to a state or federal agency shall also be submitted to the governor, the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly and the chairs of the labor committees in the senate and the assembly.
