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 ...

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 ...

More than a year after Austinites voted overwhelmingly to make secret police personnel files public, the Austin Police Department has begun to release those documents. Requesting so-called G-file ...

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 ...

"Many employers struggle with not only identifying what is private protectable information, but also how to safeguard that information," writes Lisa Gingeleskie of Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & ...

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