Employment Files/Confidentiality. Nurses shall have the opportunity to 10 inspect and copy their personnel and management files. When any record is 11 added to or deleted from a nurse’s personnel file, the nurse will be notified 12 within a reasonable time and be given an opportunity to add a written rebuttal to 13 the file. Except as required by law, all personnel matters shall be confidential 14 between the nurse, the nurse’s representative, and Employer management.
Employment Files/Confidentiality. Nurses shall have the opportunity to inspect and copy their personnel and management files. When any record is added to or deleted from a nurse’s personnel file, the nurse will be notified within a reasonable time and be given an opportunity to add a written rebuttal to the file. Except as required by law, all personnel matters shall be confidential between the nurse, the nurse’s representative, and Employer management. Upon request from the nurse, written disciplinary notices (i.e. formal corrective actions) for conduct other than (1) dishonesty, (2) conduct threatening or endangering patient or employee safety, (3) harassment or assault/violence against another person, (4) unlawful breach of confidentiality, or (5) violation of the Employer’s Substance-Free Workplace Policy, will be expunged from the nurse’s management file after 24 months, at the nurse’s request, if there have been no further disciplinary occurrences of any kind during that period. Corrective actions issued in excess of 24 months shall not be used for the basis of future discipline, except for the items outlined above. 202824
