(a) Purpose. Job matching services provide the public
with a clearinghouse for exchanging information on job postings and
job seekers. This section sets forth for employers and job seekers
the methods available for accessing the clearinghouse of employer
and job seeker information.
(b) Employer Postings of Job Openings. Employers may
obtain access to the job matching services, including information
to assist employers in posting job openings in the job matching system,
by one or more of the following methods:
(1) registering directly using the Internet-based job
matching system at www.workintexas.com;
(2) calling or visiting any Workforce Solutions Office
in Texas; or
(3) through any other means approved by the Local Workforce
Development Board (Board) in consultation with Workforce Solutions
Office staff located in the local workforce development area (workforce
area) in which the open position exists, including sending or requesting
information by mail or facsimile.
(c) Job Seeker Access to Job Opening Information and
Posting Résumé. Job seekers can obtain access to the
job matching services, including information to assist job seekers
in posting a résumé, obtaining information on job openings
posted in the job matching system, labor market information, and employment
and training opportunities by one or more of the following methods:
(1) viewing online information available on the Internet;
(2) registering directly using the Internet-based job
matching system at www.workintexas.com;
(3) calling or visiting any Workforce Solutions Office
in Texas; or
(4) through any other means approved by the Board in
consultation with Workforce Solutions Office staff located in the
workforce area in which the open position exists, including sending
or requesting information by mail or facsimile.
(d) Confidentiality and Disclosure of Job Matching
Services Information.
(1) "Job matching services information" is information
in the records of the Agency that pertains to the job matching services
system provided to employers, employing units, and job seekers through
the Internet, Workforce Solutions Offices, or other means, that is
maintained by the Agency and Boards and their workforce service providers.
(2) Job matching services information is not public
information and shall be maintained as confidential to the same degree
as unemployment compensation information as set forth in Chapter 815,
Subchapter E, of this title.
(3) This subsection does not limit or waive the Agency's
rights or obligations to invoke limitations or confidentiality requirements
based on separate laws or regulations.
(4) Disclosure of job matching services information
is permissible:
(A) for the purposes of administering job matching
services;
(B) when disclosing information about a job seeker
or employer to that job seeker or employer;
(C) when there is a written information release signed
by the job seeker or employer;
(D) when the information is provided to a public official
for use in the performance of his or her official duties; and
(E) in other situations that do not violate the confidentiality
of the job seeker or employer and that have been approved by the Agency's
Open Records Unit.
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