Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.
Section 31-128b - Employee access to personnel file, documentation of disciplinary action and notice of termination(a) Each employer shall, not more than seven business days after receipt of a written request from an employee, permit such employee to inspect, and if requested, copy his or her personnel file if such a file exists. Such inspection shall take place during regular business hours at a location at or reasonably near the employee's place of employment. Each employer who has personnel files shall be required to keep any personnel file pertaining to a particular employee for at least one year after the termination of such employee's employment.(b) Each employer shall, not more than ten business days after receipt of a written request from a former employee, permit such former employee to inspect, and if requested, copy his or her personnel file if such a file exists, provided the employer receives such written request not later than one year after the termination of such former employee's employment with the employer. Such inspection shall take place during regular business hours at a location mutually agreed upon by the employer and former employee. If the employer and former employee cannot agree upon a location to conduct such inspection, the employer may satisfy the requirements of this subsection by mailing a copy of the former employee's personnel file to the former employee not more than ten business days after receipt of the written request from the former employee.(c) Each employer shall provide an employee with a copy of any documentation of any disciplinary action imposed on that employee not more than one business day after the date of imposing such action. Each employer shall immediately provide an employee with a copy of any documented notice of that employee's termination of employment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 31-128b
(P.A. 79-264, S. 2, 9; P.A. 80-158, S. 2, 6, 7; P.A. 13-176, S. 1.)