{"id":2428,"date":"2025-12-31T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2025-12-31T09:45:05","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T14:45:05","slug":"california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/","title":{"rendered":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/California-Resized-2-01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1818\" style=\"width:300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/California-Resized-2-01.png 800w, https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/California-Resized-2-01-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/California-Resized-2-01-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">California law already provides current or past employees (or their representative) the right to inspect and receive a copy of personnel records relating to their job performance or any grievances, if their employer maintains them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents. Employers are required to make the personnel file records available for viewing at reasonable intervals and times, but no later than 30 calendar days from the date they receive a written request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Fisher &amp; Phillips LLP:<\/em><br><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fisherphillips.com\/en\/news-insights\/new-california-law-will-broaden-requirements-for-personnel-records-production.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New California Law Will Broaden Requirements for Personnel Records Production: 5 Things Employers Should Know<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>California law already provides current or past employees (or their representative) the right to inspect and receive a copy of personnel records relating to their job performance or any grievances, if their employer maintains them.\u00a0 Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1003,"featured_media":1818,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"common","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","header_top_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[34,67,321],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal","tag-california","tag-hr","tag-personnel-records"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editor 1\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.8\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PEOPLE\u2022WORK\u2022COMMUNITY iiicareer.com - Job Agency in US &amp; Japan | Job Navigator\u00ae\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-31T14:45:16+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-12-31T14:45:05+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents.\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#blogposting\",\"name\":\"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production\",\"headline\":\"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/author\\\/blog\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/California-Resized-2-01.png\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-31T09:45:16-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-31T09:45:05-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Legal, California, HR, Personnel Records\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/category\\\/legal\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Legal\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/category\\\/legal\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Legal\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/category\\\/legal\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/category\\\/legal\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Legal\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"iiicareer.com\",\"description\":\"Job Agency in US & Japan | Job Navigator\\u00ae\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/author\\\/blog\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/author\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"editor 1\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/\",\"name\":\"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production\",\"description\":\"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\\u2019s definition of \\u201cpersonnel records\\u201d to include education and training documents.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/author\\\/blog\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/author\\\/blog\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/01\\\/California-Resized-2-01.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/2025\\\/12\\\/31\\\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-31T09:45:16-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-12-31T09:45:05-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/\",\"name\":\"iiicareer.com\",\"description\":\"Job Agency in US & Japan | Job Navigator\\u00ae\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/iiicareer.com\\\/eng\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","description":"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#blogposting","name":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","headline":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/author\/blog\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/#organization"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/California-Resized-2-01.png","width":800,"height":533},"datePublished":"2025-12-31T09:45:16-05:00","dateModified":"2025-12-31T09:45:05-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Legal, California, HR, Personnel Records"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/category\/legal\/#listItem","name":"Legal"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/category\/legal\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Legal","item":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/category\/legal\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#listItem","name":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/category\/legal\/#listItem","name":"Legal"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/#organization","name":"iiicareer.com","description":"Job Agency in US & Japan | Job Navigator\u00ae","url":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/author\/blog\/#author","url":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/author\/blog\/","name":"editor 1"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/","name":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","description":"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/author\/blog\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/author\/blog\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/California-Resized-2-01.png","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#mainImage","width":800,"height":533},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2025-12-31T09:45:16-05:00","dateModified":"2025-12-31T09:45:05-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/#website","url":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/","name":"iiicareer.com","description":"Job Agency in US & Japan | Job Navigator\u00ae","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"PEOPLE\u2022WORK\u2022COMMUNITY iiicareer.com - Job Agency in US &amp; Japan | Job Navigator\u00ae","og:type":"article","og:title":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","og:description":"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents.","og:url":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/","article:published_time":"2025-12-31T14:45:16+00:00","article:modified_time":"2025-12-31T14:45:05+00:00","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:title":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","twitter:description":"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents."},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"2428","title":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","description":"Effective January 1, 2026, the new requirement expands the state labor code\u2019s definition of \u201cpersonnel records\u201d to include education and training documents.","keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":true,"ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"created":"2025-12-31 14:45:16","updated":"2025-12-31 14:56:36","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/category\/legal\/\" title=\"Legal\">Legal<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tCalifornia Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng"},{"label":"Legal","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/category\/legal\/"},{"label":"California Expands Requirements for Personnel Records Production","link":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/2025\/12\/31\/california-expands-requirements-for-personnel-records-production\/"}],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"lightning_design_setting_object":{"layout":"default","hidden_page_header":"","hidden_breadcrumb":"","siteContent_padding":"","header_trans":"","section_base":"default"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1003"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions\/2429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iiicareer.com\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}