Employee Access to Personnel Files
NH Personnel File Access Law
Employees · Health
Gives employees the right to inspect and copy their personnel files and to add a rebuttal statement that must travel with any disclosure of the disputed information. Health and lifestyle information gathered for wellness programs may not be kept in personnel files.
- Where
- New Hampshire
- Citation
- N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. 275:56
- Status
- In force
- Last amended
- 2007-07-01
- Enforced by
- New Hampshire Department of Labor
- People can sue
- No
- Penalties
- No penalty is stated in the section itself.
- Applies to
- Every employer in New Hampshire
Rights it gives people
- Give employees a reasonable opportunity to inspect their personnel file and provide copies on request for a cost-based fee.RSA 275:56, I
- Employees who dispute information may add a written statement that must be kept in the file and included in any transmittal or disclosure of the contested information to third parties.RSA 275:56, II
Practices it requires
- Do not keep health, fitness, lifestyle or other wellness-program information in personnel files.RSA 275:56, IV
Sources
Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.
Unverified: Enforcement mechanism for 275:56 not identified in the section text | effective_date: enacted by 1983, 408:1; exact effective date not shown, left null
Research reference, not legal advice.