Can an employer share confidential information about an employee with another employee?
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Can an employer share confidential information about an employee with another employee?
Asked on October 1, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
It depends what you mean about "confidential" information. The employer may not share certain health related information, or an employee's social security number, bank account number, etc. And if the employer specifically agreed to keep other information confidential, it may not share it. On the other hand, the employer may share an employee's age, marital status, income/salary/wages/etc., provide one employee with another's phone number or contact information, or share information which the employee may have thought was being provided in confidence, but which the employer never actually agreed to keep confidential. Much information that an employee may think is confidential--like salary/wage information--simply is not in the absence of an agreement.
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