Bill > SB5061

This bill aims to codify, modify, and clarify current laws and administrative requirements regarding access to personnel files. The key provisions include: (1) requiring employers to provide employees, former employees, or their representatives with a complete, unredacted copy of the employee's personnel file within 14 calendar days of a request, at no cost; (2) allowing employees to petition employers to review and remove any irrelevant or erroneous information in their personnel files; (3) requiring employers to provide former employees with a written statement about their discharge upon request; (4) establishing statutory damages for violations of these requirements; (5) defining "personnel file" to include various types of records; and (6) exempting public employers from the Public Records Act when responding to requests for an employee's own personnel file.