What are the law’s requirements relating to employee or personnel records?
For the first time, there is one standard for disclosure of personnel information for all public employers. Section 9-340C(1) requires disclosure of a current or former employee’s or public official’s “employment history, classification, pay grade and step, longevity, gross salary and salary history, status, workplace and employing agency.” The legislature acknowledges that there is some loss of privacy when one accepts a position supported by public money. All other information in an employee’s or applicant’s personnel file is not available to the public without the written consent of the individual to whom the file pertains. Thus, information of a more personal nature, including home addresses and phone numbers, grievance information and the like is not normally disclosed. All information in an employee’s file is accessible to the employee or a designated representative, except for “material used to screen and test for employment.” A similar exemption relating to test questions in li
