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: ...(f) United States census bureau. Upon request to the commissioner, such information may be disclosed to the United States census bureau for statistical analyses related to population and employment measurements and trends. The confidentiality of such information shall be protected by subdivisions one and two of this section and title thirteen of the United States Code and subject to the terms of a written agreement between the United States census bureau and the commissioner...(g) Federal, state and local agencies...(ii) The information disclosed pursuant to this paragraph may be disclosed to the following agencies to be used exclusively for the following legitimate governmental purposes: ...(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 for program performance purposes and other legitimate programmatic purposes authorized by the commissioner;(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. Any redisclosure of information obtained by such agencies under this clause shall be limited to tabulation and publication of such information in an aggregated statistical form. No individual identifying information obtained pursuant to this clause shall be redisclosed in the course of the tabulation or publication. As used in this clause, the term "aggregated statistical form" shall mean, in the case of information regarding individuals, a data set that includes information about not fewer than ten individuals, and, in the case of employer information, a data set that includes information about no fewer than three employers, of which no one employer comprises more than eighty percent of the aggregated data set; ... (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 ..., and information obtained or derived from quarterly combined withholding, wage reporting and unemployment insurance returns required to be filed by ... shall be considered confidential and shall be used for the administration of the unemployment insurance program, employment services program, federal and state employment and training programs, employment statistics and labor market information programs, employer services program, worker protection programs, federal programs for which the department has administrative responsibility or for other purposes deemed appropriate by the commissioner under this chapter. Such information 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.
