§ 61.23. Furnishing of information.

 Disclosure of records or information may be authorized by specific instruction of the Department or Board in the following cases:

   (1)  To individual applicants and employers to the extent necessary for the efficient performance of recruitment, placement, employment counseling and other employment service functions.

   (2)  To any properly identified claimant for benefits or payments under a State, territorial or Federal unemployment compensation or re-adjustment allowance law, or training allowance law, or to his authorized representative, including information which directly concerns the claimant and is reasonably necessary for the proper presentation of his claim.

   (3)  To officers and employes of the Department and the Board of Review, and to an officer or employe of an agency of the Federal government or of a State or territorial government, lawfully charged with the administration of a Federal, State or territorial unemployment compensation, readjustment allowance or training allowance law, but only for purposes reasonably necessary for the proper administration of the law.

   (4)  To an officer or employe of an agency of the Federal government or of a State or territorial government, lawfully charged with the administration of a law providing for old age assistance or other public assistance, work relief, pension, retirement or other benefit payments, but only for purposes reasonably necessary for the proper administration of the law.

   (5)  To applicants, employers and the public when the information is of a general nature concerning employment opportunities, employment levels and trends, and labor supply and demand, but only if the release or publication does not include information identifiable to individual applicants, employers or employing establishments.

   (6)  To governmental authorities, such as antidiscrimination and fair employment practice authorities, whose functions will aid the Pennsylvania State Employment Service in carrying out an amplified and more effective placement service, including information relating to fair employment practices.

   (7)  To individuals, organizations and agencies, or for purposes other than as specified in paragraphs (1)—(6), if a disclosure does not impede the operation of, and is not inconsistent with the purposes of the employment security program, and is authorized in writing in individual cases by the Executive Director.