How long do Kroger companies (namely Dillon's Grocery Stores that are located in Kansas) hold onto terminated employees' HR records? My ex husband is a former assistant manager who was terminated in 2013 for reasons that might be helpful to me if I am to reopen our daughter's custody case. I plan to ask my lawyer if the information that's possibly contained in his HR file might be helpful for us to have, especially since I've been told by several of his former coworkers, who are reliable sources, that he received a whole slew of warnings and write-ups regarding his behavior prior to being fired, which is something he's, of course, always denied, claiming he was unfairly blindsided by his termination and set up by his accusers and his GM at the time (he was moved around between 4 locations from 2010-2013, so he'd had several GMs). However, I know that there is no way I can get those records myself, and I am concerned that now it might be too late for them to be subpoenaed since all of this occurred so many years ago. Thank you in advance to anyone who might be able to offer any insight!
You might need to get a subpoena to get them unless you actually are allowed to get them.
Generally once you're an employee you're in their system for ever. You'd have to call the store and ask for the hr person they would know more about the system. That or contact your local corporate office and ask for hr they should have a better idea.
Kroger, or any employer for that matter, is not going to release information on any employee without a court order or said employee's written consent. I don't know what you hope to gain from it though unless his behavior at work had an affect on what he did at home. If you're just trying to get dirt on him and I were the judge, I'd throw it out as being inadmissible. Since we're only hearing your side, no one can make a fair judgement.
