Request Copies of Evaluation
jnoullet
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An employee has requested a copy of all their evaluations since they have been on their current position. Apparently they had a disagreement with their supervisor and now they want copies of their evaluations. I can not find anything that specfically indicates that we have the right to deny their requests. But I have read where these types of documents have been used against employers by EEOC and courts of law. I need advice on this issue.
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My state does not require it, so, in this case, I would allow the employee to sit in my office and review the evaluations, but it is our practice not to provide copies of anything in the personnel file. All materials are considered company property.
We would probably go ahead and give the employee copies. We wouldn't want to give the impression that we are hiding anything. However, we would be careful about giving only the copies asked for and make sure we knew what was going out.
Argh. ::angryface::
About 10 years ago, I had an employee (major PITA) refuse to sign a write-up. I patiently explained that signing it only acknowledged that the write-up was discussed, not that she agreed with it. She still refused.
We had a line on it labeled "Refused to sign" and I signed and dated that line. I then handed it to her, and told her she got the honor of being the witness. She signed and dated, and it took probably 10 seconds for her to figure out what I had done to her.