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Statutes > Washington > Title-41 > 41-04 > 41-04-730Employee assistance program — Information confidential — Exceptions.
Individual employees' participation in the employee assistance program and all individually identifiable information gathered in the process of conducting the program shall be held in strict confidence; except that agency management may be provided with the following information about employees referred by that agency management due to poor job performance:
(1) Whether or not the referred employee made an appointment;
(2) The date and time the employee arrived and departed;
(3) Whether the employee agreed to follow the advice of counselors; and
(4) Whether further appointments were scheduled.
Participation or nonparticipation by any employee in the employee assistance program shall not be a factor in any decision affecting an employee's job security, promotional opportunities, corrective or disciplinary action, or other employment rights.
[1990 c 60 § 304.]
Notes: Severability -- Subheadings not law -- 1990 c 60: See notes following RCW 41.06.070.
