Protection of Employee Personal Information Policy

Author: Anthony J. Oncidi, Proskauer Rose LLP; Jeremy M. Mittman, Adam W. G. Freed, formerly of Proskauer Rose LLP

Updating Author: Brightmine Editorial Team

When to Use

An employer accumulates a significant amount of information regarding an employee's health, family, credit, finances and other personal matters during the application process and throughout employment.

Various state and federal laws require employers to maintain employee information confidentially and disclose it only under limited circumstances. Additionally, several states have passed comprehensive data protection laws (although not all of these laws cover employment-related data). An employer that is not covered by one or more of these laws may still wish to inform its employees that it is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of employee information.     

An employer should consider implementing a policy to inform employees about its employee data protection practices.