Employee Personnel & Department Files. For purposes of this agreement, “department file” shall refer to the employee personnel file maintained by the University of Washington Police Department. The employee and/or Union representative may schedule a time to examine the employee's official personnel file located in the Human Resources Office upon written request of the employee to the Human Resources Representative. The employee and/or Union representative may schedule a time to examine the employee’s department file located in the University of Washington Police Department upon written request to their department manager. A representative of HR or management will be present as appropriate. The Human Resources Representative or designee (official personnel file) or the department manager (department file) may remove any documents in an employee's file which were obtained through assurances of any confidentiality to a third party at the time of original appointment. However, the employee and/or Union representative shall have access to any such information in the file to be utilized in a formal grievance filed under this Agreement. A copy of any correspondence or letters issued and intended to be included in an employee's official or department personnel file shall be mailed or given to the employee prior to becoming a permanent part of the official or department files. The employee shall receive a copy of all materials placed in the employee's official or department personnel files other than routine personnel items such as payroll documents. An employee shall have the right to include his/her comments and supporting documentation with materials in either the official or department personnel files. Employees may request that certain materials in their official and department personnel files be reviewed for possible removal. Employees may request that the Employer remove evidence of Written Reprimands from the official and department personnel files after three (3) years, provided no similar violations have occurred within the thirty-six (36) months from the date of the Reprimand. Once removed, the evidence of the Written Reprimand may not be used for further discipline nor introduced into arbitration by the Employer as evidence against the employee. Records of Suspensions will be removed from an employee’s official and department personnel file after seven (7) years if:
Employee Personnel & Department Files. 4 For purposes of this Agreement, “department file” shall refer to the employee personnel file 5 maintained by the University of Washington Police Department and “official personnel file” 6 refers to the employee’s personnel file maintained by University of Washington Human
