H 1886 Massachusetts House · 193rd Legislature (2023-2024)

An Act protecting an employee's right to rebuttal of personnel records

This bill amends Massachusetts labor laws to explicitly extend an employee's right to respond to or correct negative entries in their personnel records to include those maintained under specific provisions in Chapter 52C. Currently, employees can challenge inaccurate information in their official files, and this legislation ensures that the same legal protections apply to records kept under the new Chapter 52C framework. By adding a reference to Section 52C in two existing sections of the General Laws, the act clarifies that employees retain the ability to rebut any adverse information found in their personnel files regardless of which specific record-keeping system generated it.
Bill status passed 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2023
Committee Review
Feb 2023
Senate Passage
Feb 2023
Governor
Introduced Feb 16, 2023 Last action Mar 4, 2024
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This bill passed the Senate. No roll call record of that vote is available.
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4
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1
Committee
1
Feb 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate concurred
upper
Feb 16, 2023
Committee
Referred to the committee on Labor and Workforce Development
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors

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