That's the trouble with relying on website guides instead of reading the actual statutes.
Section 226 appears to address only records about compensation:
http://law.onecle.com/california/labor/226.html
And Section 1198.5 addresses personnel records in general:
http://law.onecle.com/california/labor/1198.5.html
Since your question refers to "personnel file" you wait the 30 days per 1198.5.
As for who gets the $750, Section 1198.5 makes it clear that you would have to sue your employer for the penalty but the state labor commission likely has an administrative procedure for accomplishing that and there is nothing in the statute that says that the labor commission has to turn the $750 over to the employee.

