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 ...

"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 & ...

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 ...

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 ...

Employee personnel files are maintained by the Human Resources Director and are considered confidential. Managers and supervisors other than the Human Resources Director may only have access to ...