All employers should be aware of the specific laws and regulations pertaining to employee personnel files. Pursuant to the Pennsylvania Personnel File Act, medical information should not be included ...

OPM’s new online service helps separated employees access records they may need years after leaving government.

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’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 ...

Only substantive verbal warnings should go into an employee's personnel file. In some circumstances, material related to the warning needs to be stored in a separate file. An employee may receive a ...

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 ...

Did you know you can easily request a copy of your official personnel file? Or if you’re a security clearance holder, it’s possible to request a copy of your Joint Personnel Adjudication System (JPAS) ...

(Editor’s note: Curtis Smolar is a partner at Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.) A reader asks: A former employee has requested her personnel file from my company ...

Inquiry: My supervisor has routinely evaluated my job performance over the past few years. I would like to review some of the old evaluations to see how I have improved. Am I allowed to see the ...