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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 15, 2005
Contact: Tracy Polovick
Coordinator of Communications and Outreach
(717) 787-8524
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Vance's First Senate Bill Becomes
Law
Employers will now be protected when providing good
faith employee references
HARRISBURG – The governor today signed legislation sponsored by Sen. Patricia Vance (R-Cumberland/York) that grants immunity to employers who respond in good faith with reference information on current or former employees.
Pennsylvania now is one of 37 states that provides statutory protection for employers who respond to reference requests.
"I thank the governor for his support of this legislation," Vance said. "Employers will now be able to receive accurate reference information on prospective employees thus enabling them to make knowledgeable decisions when hiring. Furthermore, it will be more difficult for those who cause harm -- like the nurse who recently pledged guilty to murdering patients at a number of hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey -- from continuing their crimes."
The act allows employers to give an honest assessment of a current or former employee. Employees are not protected; however, if the employer provides false or intentionally misleading information. It takes effect in 60 days.
Vance's district includes all of Cumberland County and Carroll, Fairview, Franklin, Monaghan, Warrington and Washington townships and Dillsburg, Franklintown and Wellsville boroughs in York County.
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