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AUTHORIZATION NO. 00-016

This authorization applies to all schools/colleges/divisions/subdepartments or any other office entity of the University. This authorization does not apply to employee records retained by Human Resources Offices.

ITEM NO.

2. Employee File - Faculty

The employee file contains records used to monitor the employee's work career in the department. The file may include, but not limited to, the following:

  • Personnel Action Forms, Supplemental Personnel Action Forms
  • Vacation, Sick Leave & Personal Leave Notices
  • Record of Vacation, Personal Days, and Sick Leave Reports (not Reports of Absence)
  • Staff Benefit Forms
  • Performance Appraisals
  • Education Assistance Program Questionnaire and Authorizations
  • Training/Development participation materials
  • Letters related to job performance or other similar correspondence
  • Job applications, Resume
  • Disciplinary materials
  • Vitae, updates, reprints of articles written*
  • Tenure recommendations and correspondence regarding award or denial of tenure/promotion*
  • Service reports indicating proportion of time devoted to teaching, research administration, etc.*
  • Progress reports and evaluations*

See Authorization 00-016-03 for information concerning records and documents that are NOT to be included in the employee file.

Authorized Retention:

B. Academic Staff files are to be retained for a period of reference value not to exceed one (1) year after the employee's termination, then transferred to University Archives. 

* Most academic departments keep promotion and tenure records in separate files. If they are kept in the employee file, see Promotion and Tenture Retention Authorization. 

This authorization supersedes authorizations 82-13.

Reviewed 2019-08-05