91B.1 - FILES -- ACCESS BY EMPLOYEES.
91B.1 FILES -- ACCESS BY EMPLOYEES.
1. An employee, as defined in section 91A.2, shall have access to
and shall be permitted to obtain a copy of the employee's personnel
file maintained by the employee's employer, as defined in section
91A.2, including but not limited to performance evaluations,
disciplinary records, and other information concerning
employer-employee relations.
2. However, an employee's access to a personnel file is subject
to all of the following:
a. The employer and employee shall agree on the time the
employee may have access to the employee's personnel file, and a
representative of the employer may be present.
b. An employee shall not have access to employment references
written for the employee.
c. An employer may charge a reasonable fee for each page of a
copy made by the employer for an employee of an item in the
employee's personnel file. For purposes of this paragraph,
"reasonable fee" means an amount equivalent to an amount charged
per page for copies made by a commercial copying business. Section History: Recent Form
90 Acts, ch 1033, §1; 98 Acts, ch 1022, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §
201