Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 423.505 (2026)

Disagreement with information contained in personnel record; agreement to remove or correct information; statement; legal action to have information expunged.

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BULLARD-PLAWECKI EMPLOYEE RIGHT TO KNOW ACT

Act 397 of 1978

423.505 Disagreement with information contained in personnel record; agreement to remove or correct information; statement; legal action to have information expunged.

Sec. 5.

If there is a disagreement with information contained in a personnel record, removal or correction of that information may be mutually agreed upon by the employer and the employee. If an agreement is not reached, the employee may submit a written statement explaining the employee's position. The statement shall not exceed 5 sheets of 8-1/2-inch by 11-inch paper and shall be included when the information is divulged to a third party and as long as the original information is a part of the file. If either the employer or employee knowingly places in the personnel record information which is false, then the employer or employee, whichever is appropriate, shall have remedy through legal action to have that information expunged.

History: 1978, Act 397, Eff. Jan. 1, 1979

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Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2004–2023 · leading case: Scuderi v. Monumental Life Ins., 344 F. Supp. 2d 584 (E.D. Mich. 2004).

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Scuderi v. Monumental Life Ins., 344 F. Supp. 2d 584 (E.D. Mich. 2004). “§ 423.505 (delineating procedures for the removal or correction of information in an employee personnel record.”

Schwein v. Bd. of Educ. of the Riverview Cmty. Sch. Dist., 335 F. Supp. 3d 964 (E.D. Mich. 2018). “On November 3, 2015, Schwein exercised her right pursuant to the Bullard-Plawecki Employee Right to Know Act, *967 MCL 423.505 and placed a rebuttal letter regarding a previously-issued disciplinary letter in her personnel RCSD employee file.”

Adamczyk v. Sch. Dist. of the City of Hamtramck Pub. Schs. (E.D. Mich. 2023). · cites it 2× “2001) (emphasis omitted) (citing Mich. Comp. Laws 423.505). In the case of a violation, an aggrieved employee “may seek compliance with BPERKA.”

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