Legal Question in Business Law in Massachusetts

Personnel Records

In the state of MA, can personnel records of a private employer be kept electronically or must a hard file be maintained?


Asked on 9/21/07, 3:39 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Herbert Cooper Law Offices of Jameson & Cooper

Re: Personnel Records

"A personnel record shall be maintained in typewritten or printed form or may be handwritten in indelible ink." Massachusetts General Laws, c. 149, Section 52c.

(But check the laws to see to whom this law applies.)

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Answered on 9/26/07, 5:11 pm


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