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Long Term Care & Senior Living Blog
September 3, 2013

Know Your Responsibilities Under Illinois’ Personnel Record Review Act Before Producing an Employee Personnel File

The State of Illinois has very specific requirements that apply to disclosure of employee personnel records. The requirements are codified in the Illinois Compiled Statutes as the Personnel Record Review Act, 820 ILCS 40/1 et seq. The Act addresses an entity’s response to requests for records from health care and other regulatory agencies, as well as an entity’s response to requests from its own employees and former employees.