# Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-105: Providing employee information to prospective employers - Good faith

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tenn. Code Ann. § 50-1-105
- **Heading:** Providing employee information to prospective employers - Good faith
- **Jurisdiction:** Tennessee
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TN Code / Title 50 / Chapter 1 / Section 50-1-105

## Text

Any employer that, upon request by a prospective employer or a current or former employee, provides truthful, fair and unbiased information about a current or former employee's job performance is presumed to be acting in good faith and is granted a qualified immunity for the disclosure and the consequences of the disclosure. The presumption of good faith is rebuttable upon a showing by a preponderance of the evidence that the information disclosed was: (1) Knowingly false; (2) Deliberately misleading; (3) Disclosed for a malicious purpose; (4) Disclosed in reckless disregard for its falsity or defamatory nature; or (5) Violative of the current or former employee's civil rights pursuant to current employment discrimination laws. Acts 1995, ch. 422, § 1.
Any employer that, upon request by a prospective employer or a current or former employee, provides truthful, fair and unbiased information about a current or former employee's job performance is presumed to be acting in good faith and is granted a qualified immunity for the disclosure and the consequences of the disclosure. The presumption of good faith is rebuttable upon a showing by a preponderance of the evidence that the information disclosed was:
(1) Knowingly false;
(2) Deliberately misleading;
(3) Disclosed for a malicious purpose;
(4) Disclosed in reckless disregard for its falsity or defamatory nature; or
(5) Violative of the current or former employee's civil rights pursuant to current employment discrimination laws.
Acts 1995, ch. 422, § 1.

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