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

This bill (SD 1817) amends Massachusetts law to give state employees the right to rebut negative entries in their personnel records. It directly affects public employees in Massachusetts whose personnel files contain disciplinary or performance-related information. The key change adds a specific provision allowing employees to challenge such entries under Section 52C of the state's personnel records law. The bill updates two sections of Chapter 149 to explicitly include this rebuttal right, ensuring employees can formally respond to negative records maintained by their employers.