This Law Firm Publication by Jackson Lewis P.C. discusses a new Colorado law signed by Governor John Hickenlooper, creating requirements for private employers when responding to requests by current or former employees to inspect their individual personnel files. Under the new law, which becomes effective January 1, 2017, employers must allow a current employee to inspect his file at the employer's office once per year and a former employee to inspect his file once after his employment ends. The law does not require an employer to create or maintain employee personnel files and allows an employer to designate who is present for a personnel file inspection and require the employee to pay for reasonable copying costs.