2E Relating to state and public employees; requiring state agencies to preserve records of employees involuntarily terminated from employment for employee access purposes, excepting individuals named on layoff lists; authorizing agencies terminating employees to notify the employees of the right to review the protected data, specifying certain notice requirements, authorizing disposal of the data a certain number of business days after notifying the employee; imposing liability for damages on agencies failing to comply and entitling the employee to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages and benefits under certain conditions; clarifying the authority for discharge or reprimand of classified employees; prohibiting public employers from retaliating against employees reporting waste, inefficiency or mismanagement, requiring employees contesting disciplinary action for the preparation of reports not submitted before the discipline to demonstrate the occurrence of the violation by clear and convincing evidence; granting aggrieved employees in the unclassified service access to contested case hearings
(mk, ja)