HB2128 HEDSB AM

    The Committee on Economic Development and Small Business moves to amend the bill on page one, following the enacting section, by striking the remainder of the bill in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ARTICLE 3. SAFETY AND WELFARE OF EMPLOYEES.

§21-3-22. Right of employees to inspect and copy personnel file; frequency of inspection; employer’s right to retain personnel files on employer’s premises.

    (a) As used in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

    (1) “Personnel file” means papers, documents and reports pertaining to a particular employee which are used or have been used by an employer to determine the employee’s eligibility for employment, promotion, additional compensation, transfer, termination, disciplinary or other adverse personnel action including employee evaluations or reports relating to the employee’s character, credit and work habits. “Personnel file” does not mean stock option or management bonus plan records, materials which are used by the employer to plan for future operations, security files, information such as test information, the disclosure of which would invalidate the test, or documents which are being developed or prepared for use in civil, criminal or grievance procedures.

    (2) “Employer” means railroad as defined in section twenty-one, article one, chapter seventeen-c of this code. “Employee” means a person employed by a railroad as defined in section twenty-one, article one, chapter seventeen-c of this code.

    (3) “Security files” means memoranda, documents or collections of information relating to investigations of losses, misconduct or suspected crimes and investigative information maintained pursuant to government requirements, provided such memoranda, documents or information are not used to determine an employee’s eligibility for employment, promotion, additional compensation, transfer, termination, disciplinary or other adverse personnel action.

    (b) Every employee has the right to inspect his or her personnel file, if the file exists. Inspection shall take place during regular business hours at a location at or reasonably near the employee’s place of employment.

    (c) Each employer shall, within a reasonable time after receipt of a written request from an employee, provide the employee with a copy of all or any requested portion of his or her personnel file, provided the request reasonably identifies the materials to be copied. The employer may charge a fee of ten cents per page for copying the file or any part of the file. An employer may not be required to provide a copy of an employee’s personnel file more than two times per calendar year: Provided, That if the employee requesting the personnel file has been terminated involuntarily, upon written request of the employee after notice of the involuntary termination, the employer shall provide the employee one additional opportunity to review or request a copy of the personnel file.

    (d) The provisions of this section may not be construed to permit an employee to remove his or her original personnel file or any part of the file from the employer’s premises or the location where it is made available for inspection. Each employer retains the right to protect his or her files from loss, damage or alteration to ensure their integrity. Each employer may require that inspection of any personnel file take place in the presence of a designated official.”.