(1) Each employing unit shall keep true and accurate work records, containing such information as the division may prescribe. Such records shall be retained for a period of not less than five years and shall be open to inspection and be subject to being copied by the division or its authorized representatives at any reasonable time and as often as may be necessary. The division or any referee may require from any employing unit any sworn or unsworn reports, with respect to persons employed by it, which it or the referee deems necessary for the effective administration of articles 70 to 82 of this title. Information thus obtained, or obtained from any individual pursuant to the administration of articles 70 to 82 of this title, except to the extent necessary for the proper presentation of a claim, or withholding tax or unemployment insurance account numbers if such numbers are obtained from the department of revenue pursuant to section 39-21-113, C.R.S., shall be held confidential and shall not be published or be open to public inspection (other than to public employees in the performance of their public duties, to an agent of a state or local child support enforcement agency pursuant to section 8-72-109 (9), or to an agent of the division designated as such in writing for the purpose of accomplishing certain of the division's functions) in any manner revealing the individual's or employing unit's identity. Any interested party or such party's authorized representative, in preparation for and prior to any hearing on a claim governed by articles 70 to 82 of this title, shall be entitled to examine and, upon the payment of a reasonable fee to the division, obtain a copy of any materials contained in such records to the extent necessary for proper presentation of the party's position at the hearing. Notwithstanding said provisions of this subsection (1), any applicant for work shall be entitled to examine and copy, or obtain a copy from the division upon payment of the costs of duplication, any letters of reference or other similar documents pertaining to the applicant that are in possession of the division. Any employee or member of the division or any referee who violates any provision of this article is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than ninety days, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
The division may request the comptroller of the currency of the United States tocause an examination of the correctness of any return or report of any national banking association rendered pursuant to the provisions of articles 70 to 82 of this title. In connection with such request, the division may transmit any such report or return to the comptroller of the currency of the United States as provided in section 1606 (c) of the federal internal revenue code.
Repealed.
Source: L. 36, 3rd Ex. Sess.: p. 35, § 11. L. 37: p. 1265, § 9. CSA: C. 167A, § 11. L. 41: p. 785, § 11. CRS 53: § 82-3-7. C.R.S. 1963: § 82-3-7. L. 69: p. 668, § 2. L. 73: pp. 958, 963, §§ 2, 1. L. 76: (1) and (3) amended, p. 337, § 7, effective October 1. L. 77: (3) amended, p. 475, § 1, effective July 1. L. 81: (1) amended, p. 483, § 3, effective July 1; (2) amended, p. 491, § 4, effective July 1. L. 83: (2) amended, p. 2042, § 4, effective October 1. L. 84: (3) amended, p. 316, § 5, effective July 1. L. 86: (3) amended, p. 702, § 8, effective July 1. L. 91: (3) repealed,
p. 1360, § 2, effective September 1. L. 97: (1) amended, p. 559, § 1, effective July 1. L. 2009:
amended, (HB 09-1363), ch. 363, p. 1881, § 8, effective July 1.