ALBANY – A labor union representing 55,000 white-collar workers is entitled to state Department of Labor records relating to on-the-job injuries suffered by employees represented by the bargaining organization, an appellate panel in Albany has found.
The Appellate Division, Third Department, last week unanimously affirmed a decision that afforded the Public Employees Federation (PEF) access to unredacted copies of injury logs maintained by the Labor Department. It rejected the State’s argument that it could, and indeed must, redact what it considers confidential information about individual employees.
