E2SHB 1320: Concerning access to personnel records.

What this bill does

Specifies that an employer must provide the employee's complete, unredacted personnel file within 14 calendar days of the request from the employee, former employee, or their attorney, agent, or fiduciary. Requires an employer to provide to a former employee, upon request, a statement of the employee's discharge date and reasons, if any, for the discharge. Creates a private cause of action to enforce the requirements. Requires the Department of Labor and Industries and the Employment Security Department to provide employers with information regarding the employer's obligations and the employee's rights.

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Floor votes

• House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 1, 2023
  56 yea · 40 nay · 2 not voting

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