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Do my former employers keep my information?

  • 20-02-2009 10:35pm
    #1
    boredzeee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭


    Hi all.

    Hope this is the right place to put this.............

    I'm just wondering do employers keep my information after I've left the company?

    Specifically I'm wondering whether they keep personal documents on me (e.g, photocopy of passport, academic transcript, old contract etc.)?

    If they do keep it, why? And for how long?


    Cheers.


Comments

  • #2
    AARRRGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    Yes, I would say they do. I know when I was involved in HR we did.

    There was nothing sinister about it. It was simply a case of having a big filing cabinet which could fit a lot of files, so there was no need to remove the old files...

    I never threw out anything.


  • #3
    Shelflife
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,077 ✭✭✭Shelflife


    we are obliged to keep records for legal reasons in case we are audited in the future. i believe that accounts records have to be kept for 7 years.

    personnel records need not be kept that long but in general i never throw them out just keep them all under lock and key.


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