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As an employer, you’re required by federal and state laws to collect certain employee information, from tax forms to job-related documentation, while also limiting who can access that data and how ...

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 ...

QUESTION: I am employed by a nationwide company whose home office is in another state. The company is secretive about the location and contents of my personnel file. I would like to examine the file ...

Karina B. Sterman, Esq., is a partner in Greenberg Glusker’s litigation and employment law groups. In today’s hybrid workplaces, where conversations unfold across Slack threads and performance ...

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 ...

Personnel files, employee files, employee records… no matter what you call them, you probably know they are important. But why, exactly? Below is a refresher on the importance of personnel files and ...