Washington State Enacts New Legislation to Define Employee Access to Their Personnel Records and Termination Information

Washington State Enacts New Legislation to Define Employee Access to Their Personnel Records and Termination Information

Washington State Enacts New Legislation to Define Employee Access to Their Personnel Records and Termination Information As many Washington employers are acutely aware, there exists sparse statutory guidance on how employers must respond to personnel file requests by their employees – and no statutory definition of what constitutes a “personnel file” in the first place. As a result, Washington employers are left to rely on broad guidance publish…