The retention of personal data is mainly governed by the requirements
of the Data Protection Act and the associated Codes of Practice. Ensure
that you have clear guidelines and procedures for document retention
to ensure compliance with these and that managers do not keep duplicate
copies of documents in separate files.
Step by step personnel files and administration
Document retention
Document retention
Data Protection Act (DPA)
Data protection - recruitment and selection
Data protection - employment records
Data protection - employee monitoring
Data protection - health monitoring
HR administration documents
What's new?
Data protection: the European Commission has published
proposals to introduce a single set of data protection regulations for all 27
member states.
See: data protection
Freedom of Information Act 2000: the Information Commissioner's Office
has produced new guidance that explains all the basic requirements of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
See: data protection
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