No federal law gives an employee the right to access and inspect their personnel file maintained by their employer—but some state laws do. Many states require public employers to allow employees to access and inspect their personnel files—and some states require private employers to do so as well.

Some states limit an employee’s right to access and inspect their personnel file to certain documents—and some states require an employer to provide employees with certain documents (such as a disciplinary document) within a certain number of days after it is placed in the employee’s personnel file (known as an adverse-action notice).

Laws regarding whether employees have the right to access and inspect their personnel file—and if so, the circumstances under which they may do so—are generally located in a state’s statutes.

In Nevada, employees have the right to inspect their personnel files under certain conditions. Nevada Revised Statutes (NRS) 613.075 provides that an employee has the right to inspect his or her personnel file. Specifically, an employee may inspect personnel records that relate to their performance or to any grievance concerning the employee. The employer must make these records available within a reasonable time after the employee makes a request. However, this right does not extend to confidential reports from previous employers or to records relating to the investigation of a possible criminal offense. Additionally, Nevada law does not require employers to provide an adverse-action notice to employees when a disciplinary document is placed in their personnel file. It's important to note that these rights apply to both public and private employees in Nevada.