52-01-03. Disclosure of information

52-01-03. Disclosure of information

1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, information obtained from any employing

unit or individual pursuant to the administration of the North Dakota unemployment

compensation law and determinations as to the benefit rights of any individual must be

held confidential and may not be disclosed or be open to public inspection in any

manner revealing the individual's or employing unit's identity. Any claimant or

claimant's legal representative must be supplied with information from the records of

the unemployment insurance division, to the extent necessary for the proper

presentation of the claimant's claim in any proceeding under the North Dakota

unemployment compensation law with respect to the claim.

2. Subject to restrictions as the bureau by rule may prescribe, the information may be

made available to any agency of this or any other state, or any federal agency,

charged with the administration of any unemployment compensation law or the

maintenance of a system of public employment offices, or the bureau of internal

revenue of the United States department of the treasury, and information obtained in

connection with the administration of the employment service may be made available

to persons or agencies for purposes appropriate to the operation of a public

employment service. Upon a request, the bureau shall furnish to any agency of the

United States charged with the administration of public works or assistance through

public employment, and may furnish to any state agency similarly charged, the name,

address, ordinary occupation, and employment status of each recipient of benefits and

the recipient's rights to further benefits under the North Dakota unemployment

compensation law. The bureau may request the comptroller of the currency of the

United States to cause an examination of the correctness of any return or report of any

national banking association, rendered pursuant to the North Dakota unemployment

compensation law, and in connection with the request, may transmit any report or

return to the comptroller of the currency of the United States as provided in

subsection c of section 3305 of the federal Internal Revenue Code. The bureau shall

request and exchange information for purposes of income and eligibility verification to

meet the requirements of section 1137 of the Social Security Act. Job service North

Dakota may enter into memoranda of understanding with the United States census

bureau to furnish unemployment insurance data to the census bureau and for sharing

of information with job service North Dakota.

3. Job service North Dakota may provide workforce safety and insurance, the labor

commissioner, the driver's license division of the department of transportation, the

department of health and human services, the department of commerce, the state tax

commissioner, and the information technology department for purposes of the

statewide longitudinal data system with information obtained pursuant to the

administration of the unemployment insurance program, and may enter into

interagency agreements with those entities for the exchange of information that will

enhance the administration of the unemployment insurance program. Any information

furnished pursuant to this subsection or pursuant to interagency agreements

authorized by this subsection is to be used only for governmental purposes.

4. The bureau may provide any state agency or a private entity with the names and

addresses of employing units for the purpose of jointly publishing or distributing

publications or other information as provided in section 54-06-04.3. Any information so

provided may only be used for the purpose of jointly publishing or distributing

publications or other information as provided in section 54-06-04.3.

5. Whenever the bureau obtains information on the activities of a contractor doing

ses of employing units for the purpose of jointly publishing or distributing

publications or other information as provided in section 54-06-04.3. Any information so

provided may only be used for the purpose of jointly publishing or distributing

publications or other information as provided in section 54-06-04.3.

5. Whenever the bureau obtains information on the activities of a contractor doing

business in this state of which officials of the secretary of state, workforce safety and

insurance, or the state tax commissioner may be unaware and that may be relevant to

duties of those officials, the bureau shall provide any relevant information to those

officials for the purpose of administering their duties.

6. The bureau shall request and exchange information as required of it under federal law

with any specified governmental agencies. Any information so provided may be used

only for the purpose of administering the duties of such governmental agencies.

7. The bureau shall enter into a data sharing agreement with the attorney general for the

purpose of monitoring individuals who are required to register as sexual offenders or

offenders against children. Under such agreement, the bureau may furnish

unemployment insurance employee or claimant contact information and the names

and addresses of the employers for whom the employee or claimant has worked.

8. Job service North Dakota may enter an interagency agreement with the department of

commerce for the sharing of information obtained pursuant to the administration of the

unemployment insurance program, limited to wage and employment number records

of employers identified by the department of commerce as having received North

Dakota state economic development assistance. Information provided by job service

North Dakota under an agreement may be used only for purposes of evaluation by the

department of commerce of the compliance with statutory or contractual performance

standards established for employers who received North Dakota state economic

development assistance. Information received by the department of commerce under

this subsection shall remain confidential and may not be divulged except in an

aggregate format that does not permit the identification of information of any individual

or employer. Any information furnished pursuant to this subsection or pursuant to

interagency agreements authorized by this subsection is to be used for governmental

purposes.