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What Are My Rights?

Privacy Act of 1974

The Privacy Act of 1974, as Amended, and the Deficit Reduction Act require that you be provided this statement because you are being asked to furnish your Social Security Number. Your Social Security Number is used under the authority of Chapter 288, RSMo, and 8 CSR 10-4.010 of Missouri Division of Employment Security, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 [26 USC 85, 6011(a), 6050B, and 6109(a)].

Your Social Security Number will be used to report your unemployment insurance to the Internal Revenue Service as income that is potentially taxable. It also will be used as a record for processing your claim, for statistical purposes and to compare records with other state and federal agencies. We cannot file or process your claim for unemployment insurance if you do not provide your Social Security Number.

Information submitted to the Division of Employment Security by you or your current or former employer may be requested and utilized for other governmental purposes, including but not limited to, verification of eligibility under other government programs.

Missouri Employment Security Law

(Section 288.375 RSMo)
Provides the following:

1. No employer or employing unit shall discharge, discipline or penalize any employee because the employee has testified on behalf of another employee in any proceeding under this chapter.
2. Any employer or employing unit who violates the provisions of this section shall be liable in a civil action for back pay lost by an employee as a result of the violation, and an employee discharged or demoted in violation of this section shall be entitled to be reinstated to his or her former or comparable position. The burden of proof shall be on the party claiming a violation to prove a claim under this section.
3. The statute of limitations for actions under this section shall be six months from the date testimony was provided by the employee on behalf of another employee.