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Can my previous employer legally disclose details about my performance improvement plan to prospective hiring managers conducting reference checks?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
Can my previous employer legally disclose details about my performance improvement plan to prospective hiring managers conducting reference checks?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Illinois employment reference law employer disclosure former employee performance information qualified privilege defamation personnel records PIPGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Illinois Personnel Record Review Act disclosure prospective employer reference employee authorization performance recordsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason100%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Illinois employment reference law employer disclosure former employee performance information qualified privilege defamation personnel records PIP Google ↗
Illinois Personnel Record Review Act disclosure prospective employer reference employee authorization performance records Google ↗

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Illinois employment reference law employer disclosure former employee performance information qualified privilege defamation personnel records PIP
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1
Illinois Personnel Record Review Act disclosure prospective employer reference employee authorization performance records
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1