Management of Personnel Files

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Various state and federal laws require employers to keep certain information, or data, about employees. Find out what records should be in a personnel file, and which should be in other special types of files such as a medical, benefit, payroll or financial files. Treatment of complaints. Learn which employment data is public and which is private or protected. How rules may differ for applicants, employees and former employees.