Common use of Critical Material Clause in Contracts

Critical Material. No material reflecting critically upon the employee may be placed in the employee's personnel file that does not bear the signature of the employee or a statement by the employee's supervisor that the employee has seen the material and been provided a copy. Letters of caution, consultation, warning, admonishment, work improvement and reprimand; and suspensions, salary reductions and demotions shall be considered temporary contents of the personnel record, and shall not be used after three (3) years and may be removed earlier by mutual agreement, if there are no recurrences of a similar nature. Such materials shall be removed from the personnel file after three (3) years. The removal of disciplinary material is to be at the written request of the employee or his Union Representative. The employee will be informed when any material is removed from their personnel file. Material placed in the personnel file not in conformance with this Article will not be used by the Employer in any subsequent evaluations or disciplinary proceedings involving the employee.

Critical Material. ‌ No material reflecting critically upon the employee may be placed in the employee's personnel file that does not bear the signature of the employee or a statement by the employee's supervisor that the employee has seen the material and been provided a copy. Letters of caution, consultation, warning, admonishment, work improvement and reprimand; and suspensions, salary reductions and demotions shall be considered temporary contents of the personnel record, and shall not be used after three (3) years and may be removed earlier by mutual agreement, if there are no recurrences of a similar nature. Such materials shall be removed from the personnel file after three (3) years. The removal of disciplinary material is to be at the written request of the employee or his Union Representative. The employee will be informed when any material is removed from their personnel file. Material placed in the personnel file not in conformance with this Article will not be used by the Employer in any subsequent evaluations or disciplinary proceedings involving the employee.