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personnel files

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.



State Statutes for the State of Texas

CHAPTER 2052 - STATE AGENCY REPORTS AND PUBLICATIONS

(d) Notwithstanding any other law, equal employment opportunity reports and personnel policy statements required to be filed with the governor shall be filed with the Texas Workforce Commission civil rights

Federal Statutes