PERSONNEL
RECORDS
PERSONNEL RECORDS
Department of Veterans Affairs, Eisenhower VA Medical Center,
Eastern Kansas Healthcare System, Leavenworth, Kansas and Local
1765, National Federation of Federal Employees, Federal District
1, IAM&AW, AFL-CIO, Case No, 99 FSIP 144, January 7, 2000
(Release No. 428).
The UNION proposed the following:
Any bargaining-unit employee will have access to their personnel
files upon request and will be able to review such files at the
VISN Business Office between 8-4:30 Monday through Friday. Any
questions that the employees may have will be answered by the
Personnel in the VISN office or by the local facility Personnel
representative, depending on the expertise at both sites.
The AGENCY proposed the following:
In accordance with the provisions of the Master Agreement and
upon request, a bargaining unit employee may review his/her Official
Personnel Folder (OPF) at the local VA facility during regular
hours of operation. Upon receipt of a request from the employee,
the Employer will retrieve the OPF within a reasonable period
of time for review by the requesting employee. If the employee
signs permission for a designated representative to review his/her
OPF, the designated representative may do so.
The PANEL ordered the parties to adopt the following:
Employee access to OPFs will be governed by the terms of Article
33, § 4 of the NFFE Master Agreement. In addition, the Employer
will expedite requests for access to OPFs where an employee shows
good cause.
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