Review of employee files.
Houston Code of Ordinances § 14-203
in effectSec. 14-203. - Review of employee files.
(a) Any department director or his designated supervisor of the city may, upon request, review any file of any employee in his respective department, but shall not be allowed to review the official personnel file of an employee of another department, unless consideration is being given to the transfer of that employee from one department to another department. All official personnel files shall be reviewed under the supervision of an employee of the human resources department, and no files shall be allowed to be taken from the human resources department. Information from any file of any employee of the city may be released to persons not employees of the city only at the discretion and under the supervision of the director.
(b) The names of special investigators or special employees who may be temporarily employed by the city and whose usefulness would be impaired were their identity disclosed, and the confidential reports on any applicant, eligible, or employee are to be held as confidential data and are to be guarded accordingly.
(Ord. No. 2015-1300, § 2(Exh. A), 12-16-2015)
Source: City of Houston, Code of Ordinances and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/houston/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=COOR_CH14CISE_ARTIIRU_DIV17RU17.REREET_S14-203REEMFIFetched: 10/26/2026