Can I view my Personnel File at Work???

Question

Has anyone ever heard of any Corporate entity not allowing there employee's access to there own Personnel folder? You know the file that has all YOUR information in it such a days you were ill, and the days you promoted and so on? This is a serious inqury because I have written and typed 4 seperate letters and have yet to view my file. I was told it was SSI.( Sensitive Secured Information). Which I know for a fact it is not. I will not say whom I work for. But you can guess it's pretty high up the chain.

Answer 1

Legislation at the federal level and laws in about 1/2 the states permit employees to inspect theri own personnel files. Laws can vary from state to state. Since I don't know your state, I can't tell you what laws apply.

If you work for a federal agency or and organization that supplies goods or services, the Privacy Act of 1974 gives employees the right to examine personnel files.

Answer 2

Personnel files should be accessible to the employees to know their status and standing in the company. Under the labor laws, employees even have to right to view it anytime during office hours.

Answer 3

I worked in HR and we would have said yes to viewing, no to making a copy. I think there's something wrong there. Ask for a company handbook and see if there's something in there about NOT viewing your files.