As an employer, you are bound by laws and regulations that specify which employee information you can (and should) collect and who can access that information. Administrative functions like gathering ...

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Personnel files are maintained by the Office of Human Resources. Personnel files are confidential, and no personally identifiable information about an employee will be disclosed by the Office of Human ...

Washington State has long required employers to allow employees to inspect their own personnel files, but the relevant statutes previously did not define what qualifies as a “personnel file” nor ...

Last month, The Sun News submitted public records requests for personnel files for the top employee in the following municipalities: Town of Surfside Beach, City of Myrtle Beach, City of North Myrtle ...

Washington law provides employees with the right to inspect their personnel file annually upon request. In April, the Washington legislature amended the personnel file access requirements. The updated ...