Other records that are generally kept in personnel files are those used to determine an employee's qualifications for promotion, additional compensation, or disciplinary action. This could include the following: Notices of commendation, warning, or discipline. Notices of layoff, leave of absence, and vacation.
Other records that are generally kept in personnel files are those used to determine an employee's qualifications for promotion, additional compensation, or disciplinary action. This could include the following: Notices of commendation, warning, or discipline. Notices of layoff, leave of absence, and vacation.
Here's a snapshot of the items that can be included in a basic employee file: Job description. Job application and/or resume. Job offer. IRS Form W-4. Receipt or signed acknowledgment of employee handbook. Performance evaluations. Forms relating to employee benefits. Forms providing emergency contacts.
“Every current and former employee, or his or her representative, has the right to inspect and receive a copy of the personnel records that the employer maintains relating to the employee's performance or to any grievance concerning the employee.” You must make your request in writing.
California Labor Code section 1198.5 provides every current and former employee the right to access or obtain copies of their personnel records relating to their performance or any grievances concerning them.
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.
Payroll & Compensation You should keep a written record of an employee's salary and compensation package and update their personal file each time their salary is adjusted. You also need to maintain a record of all employee W-4s and beneficiary forms, payroll records, and timecards.
Under California's Healthy Workplace Healthy Family Act of 2014, employers need to provide 5 days (or 40 hours) of sick leave to employees. Generally, employers do not ask for a doctor's note when employees take sick leave.
Full-time employees with separate sick leave receive an average of 8 sick days. Part-time employees with separate sick leave receive an average of 6 sick days.