Employer Law Blog

An employee (or former employee) wants to see their personnel records. Now what?

First step – read the Illinois Personnel Records Review Act (before the employee makes the request).
It is found at 805 ILCS 40.

Here are some highlights of that Act.

Who can ask?

A current employee

On March 18, 2015, the General Counsel of the NLRB issued a report providing guidance to employers regarding handbook rules which violate Section 8(a)(1) of the NLRA as well as specimen policies which don’t violate the Act in the General Counsel’s opinion.

The Family Medical and Leave Act in part requires an employer to permit an eligible employee to take a leave of absence arising from the serious medical condition involving the employee’s spouse. When Congress enacted the FMLA in 1993, no state had recognized a same-sex marriage. Consequently, the definition of a spouse for FMLA purposes was uncomplicated and uncontroversial.

An employee who complained of a major headache left work and went to a local health care clinic where a physician assistant diagnosed the employee with high blood pressure. The physician assistant provided the employee with a signed note indicating he could return to work in four days.

FMLA eligible employees can take up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave during a 12-month period. But, the question is – which 12 month period?