How to organize personnel files Determine which documents to store. Review company policy, federal law and state regulations to learn which documents to include in a personnel file. Choose a filing method. Format your documents. Learn who can access the files. Create a file retention policy. Update the files as needed.
Employers should keep all job-related documentation such as hiring records, performance reviews, disciplinary actions and job descriptions in an employee's general personnel file.
The two-party consent statute requires that employers obtain the informed consent of their employees before they can intercept or record their conversations at work.
Private sector employees, however, may only have the right if it is granted by the employer. In Florida, public employees are allowed to see their files and request copies of their contents. The Florida Public Records Act grants you the right to see those files (and to obtain copies).
Examples of items that should not be included in the personnel file are: Pre-employment records (with the exception of the application and resume) Monthly attendance transaction documents. Whistleblower complaints, notes generated from informal discrimination complaint investigations, Ombuds, or Campus Climate.
Florida has a few laws that provide greater protections to employees than federal law, including protection against discrimination based on marital status, a higher minimum wage and health care continuation coverage obligations for smaller employers, and generally follows federal law on topics such as consumer credit ...