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Student Employment Records Disposition Schedule

Description
Documents student employee work history, including

  • Hiring and termination
  • Compensation
  • Time and attendance

Confidential Information Present
Personally identifiable (non-directory) student information

Office of Record
Student Employment
Payroll

Other Offices
Convenience copies maintained by other units should be destroyed by shredding or file wiping when no longer needed for administrative purposes. Convenience copies should be kept no longer than the periods specified for the Office of Record.


Keep 5 years after employment, then destroy by shredding or file wiping.

  • Request forms (job descriptions)
  • Job applications, resumes
  • Campus Job Employment Referral
  • Letters of recommendation
  • Performance reviews
  • Awards and commendations
  • Emergency contact information
  • Employment Eligibility Verification Form (I-9)
  • Tax confirmation and permission to work forms
  • Time sheets and cards, attendance forms
  • W-4 and state withholding forms
  • Related correspondence, including email

Notes
This schedule does not apply to grant-related records.

This schedule does not include student financial aid records.

Effective Date
December 2006

Revision Date
not applicable

 

Disposition schedules are based on the length of time records are needed to meet internal program management needs; satisfy external statutory and regulatory requirements; and to ensure the university has a reliable institutional memory. Questions should be addressed to the CWRU Archives at 368-3320 or archives@case.edu.