Personnel and employment records include, but are not necessarily limited to, records relating to requests for reasonable accommodation; the results of any physical examination; job advertisements and postings; applications and resumes; tests and test results; interview notes; and other records having to do with hiring, assignment, promotion, demotion, transfer, lay-off or termination, rates of pay or other terms of compensation, and selection for training or apprenticeship. Medical information must be kept separate from general personnel files.

Applicable regulations

• Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act - 29 CFR 1630.14(b)(1)
• Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act - 29 CFR 1602.14
• Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended - 41 CFR 60-741.23 and 41 CFR 60-741.80
• The Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended -  41 CFR 60-300.23(d) and 41 CFR 60-300.80
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended – 29 CFR 32.49 and 32.15(d).