Performance Appraisal Record. (a) Each employee and, with the employee's prior written consent, a local or professional representative or a member of the Executive, shall, upon request, have access to the employee's performance appraisal record or other form of confidential report relating to performance which is kept in the employee's file. Furthermore, each employee shall be advised by the immediate supervisor at the time of any additions or new notations to any such record. Inadvertent failure to so notify an employee shall not, by itself, be grounds for a grievance. The Employer further agrees that it will not use in any grievance procedure, arbitration hearing or other consideration involving suspension or dismissal, any record the existence of which was not made known to the employee concerned.
Performance Appraisal Record. (a) Each employee and, with the employee's prior written consent, a local or professional representative or a member of the Executive, shall, upon request, have access to the employee's performance appraisal record or other form of confidential report relating to performance which is kept in the employee's file. Furthermore, each employee shall be advised by the immediate supervisor at the time of any additions or new notations to any such record. Inadvertent failure to so notify an employee shall not, by itself, be grounds for a grievance. The Employer further agrees that it will not use in any grievance procedure, arbitration hearing or other consideration involving suspension or dismissal, any record the existence of which was not made known to the employee concerned. Subject to the provisions of (a) above, the written personnel record of an employee may not be revealed to anyone without the employee's express written consent, with the following exceptions: superiors in direct line of supervision, management personnel who are advisors to the foregoing, members of a selection panel before which the employee appears, and legal and medical counsel. An employee who resigns from the Public Service, shall, upon written request, be granted access to any appraisal records and termination reports during a period of days following the last working day.
