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Personnel Records (OAR 166-475-0095)

This General Schedule is applicable to the Personnel records of the Oregon University System. Retention periods apply to the record copy of all public records, regardless of medium or physical format, created or stored by the above specified agencies. Please note the exceptions to this General Schedule listed in OAR 166-030-0026 before disposing of records.

(1) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records
(2) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (Supervisor's Copy)
(3) Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Records
(4) Affirmative Action and/or Human Resources Recruitment Review Records
(5) Appointing Authority Administrative Records
(6) Bargaining Unit Records
(7) Benefits Policies and Procedures Records
(8) Certificates of Eligibles
(9) Classified Employees Layoff Records
(10) Classified Employees Non-Routine Evaluations
(11) Classified Employees Personnel Records
(12) Classified Employment Testing Records
(13) Classified Rejected Applications
(14) Classified Unsolicited Applications
(15) Continuation of Insurance Benefits (COBRA) Records
(16) Continuing Education Instructor's Records
(17) Cooperative, Fraternity, and Sorority Housing Employees Records
(18) Drug Testing Records
(19) Employee Medical Records
(20) Employees Benefits Records
(21) Employees Training Records
(22) Employees Employment Verification Records
(23) Employment Eligibility Verification Forms
(24) Employment Policies and Procedures Records
(25) Executive Evaluations Administration Records
(26) Family and Medical Leave Case Files
(27) Graduate Assistantship Applications Records
(28) H-1 Visa Scholars Records
(29) Health Emergency Information Records
(30) Immigrant Visa Scholars Records
(31) J-1 Visa Scholars Records
(32) Layoff Administration Records
(33) Merit Increase and Trial Service Performance Appraisal Lists
(34) National Faculty Exchange Program Records
(35) Personnel Research Data Records
(36) Position Descriptions
(37) Position Inventory Control System (PICS) Reports
(38) Promotion, Tenure, and Salary Increase Records
(39) Recruiting Pool Records
(40) Residential Advisor (RA) Employees Records
(41) Retirement Incentive Program Records
(42) Sabbatical Leave Records
(43) Search Records
(44) Staffing Policies Records
(45) Student and Classified Employees Compensation Records
(46) Student Employees Personnel Records
(47) Student Faculty/Course Evaluation Records
(48) Time, Attendance and Leave Records
(49) Tuition Reduction Records
(50) Volunteer Program Records
(51) Unemployment Compensation Claim Records
(52) Work Time Adjustment Agreements


(1) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records
This series documents the academic employee's work history at the Institution and includes routine, non-evaluative information such as job title, rank, full-time equivalency (FTE) or appointment percentage, dates of employment, salary, employing department, education and employment background. Some of the documents comprising this series include confidential information such as social security number, birth date, and marital status. Records may include but are not limited to: copies of Affirmative Action Compliance Data Forms; Applications for Admission to Graduate School; Applications and Contracts for Sabbatical Leave; Applications for Academic Employment; Athletic Contracts/Overseas Agreements; Conditions of Employment; Memoranda of Agreement; Notices of Appointment; Overload Compensation Requests; Patent Rights Waivers; Pay/Budget Action Forms; forms documenting personnel actions, including Salary Adjustments and Summer Session Appointments; Proposals for Academic Appointment; Requests for Approval for Outside Employment; resumes or curriculum vitae; Retirement Agreements; [Sick] Leave Accrual Forms; Technology Transfer Agreements; Tenure Relinquishment Forms; employee Social Security number disclosure forms; and related documentation and correspondence, such as letters of resignation and memos confirming appointments.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 75 years

Other Copy: University Archives
Retention: 75 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(2) Academic and Unclassified Employees Personnel Records (Supervisor's Copy)
This series documents the academic employee's work history maintained in the office of the dean, director, department head, or vice provost. It includes evaluative materials and non-evaluative information such as job title, rank, full-time equivalency (FTE) or appointment percentage, dates of employment, salary, employing department, education and employment background. Some of the documents comprising this series include confidential information such as social security number, birth date, and marital status. These records may be for full-time, part-time, and/or courtesy academic employees. Records may include but are not limited to: Activity Reports; copies of Affirmative Action Compliance Data Forms; Applications for Admission to Graduate School; applications, contracts, and other records for sabbatical leave; emeritus faculty status letters; Employee Emergency Medical Information Forms; Applications for Academic Employment; Athletic Contracts/Overseas Agreements; Awards; Conditions of Employment Forms; Notices of Appointment; Overload Compensation Requests; Patent Rights Waivers; Pay/Budget Action Forms; Periodic Reviews of Faculty letters and records; forms documenting personnel actions, including Salary Adjustments and Summer Session Appointments; professional development records; Proposals for Academic Appointment; recommendations; reports of conferences attended; Staff Reports of Service to the Institution; Periodic Reviews of Administrators Summaries; reprimands; Requests for Approval for Outside Employment; resumes or curriculum vitae; Retirement Agreements; Sick Leave Accrual Forms; Teaching Evaluations; Student Evaluations of Faculty Summary Reports; Technology Transfer Agreements; Tenure Relinquishment Agreements; Employment Eligibility Verifications (Form I-9); Vacation Leave Report Forms; home address/telephone disclosures; and other relevant documents and correspondence, including commendations, letters from the chair or the dean concerning the nature of the faculty member's appointment and the expectations of the faculty member, letters granting fellowship, letter of position offer, letter of resignation, memoranda of agreement, Notices of Disciplinary Action, Notices of Layoff, and unsolicited letters praising teaching or participation in a conference.

Record Copy: Institutional executive offices, Colleges, Units
Retention: 5 years after employee separation

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(3) Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Records
Series documents agency, institution, college, department, or unit compliance with regulations of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission including affirmative action. Records may include but are not limited to mission, goal, and policy statements, plans showing how compliance will be accomplished and updates, EEO-6 and Vets 100 Employment Reports, statistical, status, and audit reports, executive department printouts, Ways and Means reports, AA compliance data sheets, case histories, and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Affirmative Action
Retention: Permanent for narrative reports, policy, mission and goal statements, Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action plans, and audit reports; 20 years for EEO-6/Vets 100/Ways and Means reports and Executive Department printouts; 10 years for statistical and status reports, case histories, correspondence, and related documentation; 3 years for all other records.
Transfer the record copy of all permanent records to the University Archives after 10 years.

Other copies: Units
Retention: 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.

 NOTE: See also (4) Affirmative Action Audits and Annual Reports, (5) Affirmative Action Compliance Records, (27) Institutional Affirmative Action Policy and Plans, and (43) Unit Affirmative Action Compliance Records in the Administrative Records section.


(4) Affirmative Action and/or Human Resources Recruitment Review Records
This series documents review of all stages of academic hiring by the institution's affirmative action office and/or human resources office. Records may include but are not limited to: position descriptions; Notifications of Academic Position Opening; Affirmative Action Compliance Data sheets; Affirmative Action compliance statements; Applicant Pool and Appointment Reports; utilization reports; payroll-budget requests or action forms; contract requests to offer appointments; certificates of eligibles or applicant lists; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Affirmative Action, Human Resources
Retention: 3 years

Other copies: Units
Retention: 2 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(5) Appointing Authority Administrative Records
This series describes the responsibilities of those persons given the authority to appoint personnel to positions [as required by special circumstances]. Records include policy documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: Until superseded or obsolete


(6) Bargaining Unit Records
This series documents negotiations and contractual agreements between the institution and the bargaining unit; it is also used for labor relations planning. Records may include but are not limited to: union contracts and amendments; tentative agreements; arbitrator's recommendations; negotiation work notes; strike contingency plans; management counter proposals; negotiation updates; newspaper clippings; press releases; research background material; employee classification printouts; Fair Share records; minutes, sound recordings, exhibits and reports of meetings; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 75 years for final contracts, amendments, and negotiation minutes; 6 years after contract expires for all other records

Other copies: Units
Retention: Until superseded

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(7) Benefits Policies and Procedures Records
This series documents policy and procedure decisions and important events in the operations history of the office and includes contracts and formal documents which state or form the basis for policy or set precedents. Records may include but are not limited to: records concerning the Academic 12-month Pay Option for Payroll; American Football Coaches Retirement Trust; dependent care flexible spending account program records; early retirement programs; employee orientation program; Employee Assistance Program; injured worker benefits; Continuing Benefits to Injured Workers (CBIW) records; insurance continuation coverage known as COBRA (Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act); medical, dental, life/disability insurance program records; open enrollment records; the institution Staff Handbook; Life Insurance; post doctorate fellow insurance program; Public Employee Retirement System (PERS); Retirees; tax deferred investment programs; Teachers Insurance Annuity Association and College Retirement Equities Fund (TIAA/CREF); Unionflex program; [US Savings Bonds;] Volunteer Insurance; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 6 years after expiration of program or contract


(8) Certificates of Eligibles
This series documents the names of applicants currently eligible for hire for specific classified positions. The list is supplied by the personnel office to departments seeking to fill vacancies. Data elements on this list may include but are not limited to: name; address; telephone number; and rank or exam results. Copies of Employment Applications and Skill Code Sheets may be included with this record series.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 3 years after end of search if part of recruitment; 1 year if not part of a search

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(9) Classified Employees Layoff Records
This series documents layoff procedures followed for affected employees. Records may include but are not limited to: employees names; position titles; classification numbers; hire dates; layoff dates; seniority status; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 3 years after employee separation

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(10) Classified Employees Non-Routine Evaluations
This series documents the non-routine evaluation of the classified employee's work performance. Records may include: commendations; recommendations; disciplinary actions; reprimands; explanations or opinions filed in response to critical material; and related correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(11) Classified Employees Personnel Records
This series documents the classified employee's work history at the institution and includes routine evaluative materials and non-evaluative information such as job title, full-time equivalency (FTE) or appointment percentage, dates of employment, salary, employing department, education and employment background. Some documents in this series contain confidential information such as social security number, birth date, and marital status. Records may include but are not limited to: employment applications which may include skill code sheets; resumes; selected memos such as agreement or request for position change, merit increase requests and notices, request for re-employment (letter of hire), resignation letters from employees, and termination letters from employer; commendations; recommendations; reprimands; work plans; forms documenting personnel actions; personnel performance evaluations; pay/budget action forms; leave records; time and attendance records; designation of beneficiary forms; union dues information; resumes; layoff notices; awards; licenses and certificates; college credit information; employee Social Security number disclosure forms; home address/telephone disclosure authorizations and related correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 75 years for employment applications, agreements or requests for position change, merit increase requests and notices, request for re-employment, resignation letters, employer termination letters, personnel action forms, layoff notices, designation of beneficiary forms, personnel evaluations, and resumes; 3 years for letters of reprimand; 3 years after employee separation for all other records

Other copies: Units
Retention: 1 year for records of employees promoted, transferred or demoted within the institution; upon termination for all other records

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(12) Classified Employment Testing Records
This series documents the testing process for classified positions administered by human resources staff. Records may include but are not limited to: test forms completed by qualified applicants; summary lists with scores; testing materials; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 3 years

Other copies: Units
Retention: 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(13) Classified Rejected Applications
This series documents employment applications that were submitted for jobs with the institution and for reasons of incompleteness or inadequate qualifying experience/training are rejected. Records may include but are not limited to institutional employment applications and state forms PD 100 and PD 229R.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 3 years after position filled or recruitment canceled

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(14) Classified Unsolicited Applications
This series documents unsolicited requests for consideration for employment possibilities in institution units. Records may include but are not limited to: curriculum vitae and resumes; transcripts; letters of application; and related materials and correspondence.

Record Copy: Units
Retention: 3 months

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(15) Continuation of Insurance Benefits (COBRA) Records
This series documents the institution's compliance with the Consolidated Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1986 (COBRA). Records may include: notices given to insurance administrators when employees leave the institution; information includes employee and dependent names and Social Security numbers, insurance package currently carried, dates of termination, coverage end date, and dates of notice to the contractor.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(16) Continuing Education Instructor's Records
This series is used to provide a record of competency of persons applying to teach continuing education courses. Records, which are filed by course with term and instructor name, may include but are not limited to: resumes; curriculum vitae; personnel actions; time sheets; course proposals; request for undergraduate and graduate course and instructor approval forms; tentative course outlines; letters of nomination; letters of appointment and/or rejection; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Continuing Higher Education
Retention: 75 years for appointment information; 5 years after separation from Continuing Education faculty for all other records

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(17) Cooperative, Fraternity, and Sorority Housing Employees Records
This series documents applications received by the institution from individuals who were subsequently hired as head residents, hostesses, housemothers, or cooks at fraternities, sororities, and cooperatives. Each application includes: date of birth; social security number; educational background; prior work experience; interests; and hobbies.

Record Copy: Student Affairs
Retention: 75 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(18) Drug Testing Records
Records document the testing of current and prospective employees for controlled substances prohibited by policy, procedure, or statute. Records may include but are not limited to the documentation of test results, the collection process, the random sample process, and those documenting the decision to administer reasonable suspicion drug testing.

Retention: Retain negative drug test results, 1 year; Retain positive drug test results, 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(19) Employee Medical Records
Records document an individual employee's work related medical history. These records are not personnel records and must be kept physically separate from employee personnel records--in a separate location, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. Records may include but are not limited to medical examination records (pre-employment, pre-assignment, periodic, or episodic), X-rays, records of significant health or disability limitations related to job assignments, documentation of work related injuries or illnesses, hearing test records, hazard exposure records, first-aid incident records, physician statements, release consent forms, and related correspondence. These records are not personnel records and must be kept physically separate from employee personnel records--in a separate location, as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act. SEE ALSO Medical Surveillance Records in the Safety and Security section.

Retention: Retain hazard exposure records: 30 years after employee separation (29 CFR 1910.1020); Retain audiometric (hearing) test records: Until employee's termination date (29 CFR 1910.95(m)); Retain other employee medical records: 3 years after employee separation

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(20) Employees Benefits Records
This series documents academic, professional and classified employees participation in benefits programs at the institution and contains information such as hire date, employing department, choices of medical and dental coverage, dependent coverage, coverage dates, coverage amounts and premiums. Records may include but are not limited to: Applications for Life Insurance; [Authorizations for Electronic Deposit;] Bargaining Unit Benefits Board (BUBB) and Public Employees Benefits Board (PEBB) Health and Dental Enrollment Forms; Benefits Worksheets for Payroll Corrections; Cancellations of Payroll Deduction Authorizations; [Employee Assistance Program information;] Insurance Data Change Forms; Employee Status Sheets; Enrollment Status Sheets; Letters of Approval for Coverage from insurance companies; Notices of Declination of Coverage from insurance companies; Notices of Approval of Group Insurance Coverage; Oregon Public Employee Union (OPEU) Membership Applications; Authorization for Payroll Deductions forms; State Employees' Benefit Board (SEBB) and PEBB Enrollment [Cards] for Optional Spouse Life Insurance; SEBB/PEBB Health, Dental, and Dependent Care Account Enrollment Forms; SEBB/PEBB Employee Update Forms for Health, Dental, and Flexible Spending Account; SEBB/PEBB Life/Disability Insurance Applications; Tax Deferred Investment (TDI) information; Unionflex (BUBB/PEBB, OPEU) Enrollment Forms; designation of beneficiary forms; US Savings Bond Payroll Authorizations; and correspondence concerning related matters such as terms of coverage and explanations for changes in coverage.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 75 years from original date of hire

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(21) Employees Training Records
This series documents employee participation in training courses or programs for development purposes. Records may include but are not limited to: staff fee requests to take classes; course agendas, descriptions, and syllabi; course outlines and materials; enrollment and attendance records; training requests and authorizations; certificates of completion; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources, Units
Retention: 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(22) Employees Employment Verification Records
This series documents the responses to inquiries for evidence of employment from offices within the institution, banks and credit agencies, government agents, businesses, and current and former personnel. Records may include but are not limited to: copies of written requests; release of information authorization forms; telephone request forms; office control documents; statistical summaries; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources, University Archives, Units
Retention: 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(23) Employment Eligibility Verification Forms
This series documents information used to establish the identity and to verify the employment eligibility of employees to preclude the unlawful hiring of persons not authorized to work in the United States. Records include completed I-9 forms and copies of documents that establish the identity and the employment eligibility of the employee.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 3 years after date of hire or 1 year after separation, whatever is longer

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(24) Employment Policies and Procedures Records
This series documents employment policies and procedures administered by institution personnel offices. Records may include but are not limited to: information on academic year appointments; employment of disabled persons; family employment program; interviewing; job sharing; nepotism; overseas employment; student employment; temporary appointments; transfers; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: Permanent
Transfer the record copy to the University Archives when superceded.

Other copies: Units
Retention: Until superseded


(25) Executive Evaluations Administration Records
Series documents the administration of routine performance evaluations of OUS chancellors and individual college and university presidents. Records may include: appointment schedules; letters of follow-up and thank you; press releases and announcements; hotel and travel arrangements; and related correspondence.

Record Copy: President's Office
Retention: 3 years


(26) Family and Medical Leave Case Files
This series documents requests for leave and granted leaves by employees under provisions of the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act and the Oregon Family Medical Leave Act. Records may include but are not limited to: employee leave request forms; notices to employees of leaves granted or rejected; Certification of Health Care Providers for the employee or a family member; employee backup information and leave history records; employee time records; Continuation of Health and Dental Insurance Benefits Memorandum; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 3 years after case closed

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(27) Graduate Assistantship Applications Records
This series documents applications of graduate students for Graduate Teaching Assistantships and Graduate Research Assistantships in academic programs. Records include: applications developed by individual units; resumes and vitae; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Units
Retention: 5 years after application or termination of employment, whichever is longer for successful applicants; 3 years for denied applicants

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(28) H-1 Visa Scholars Records
This series documents the temporary employment of internationals by the institution and is used to monitor compliance with Immigration and Naturalization Service regulations. Records may include but are not limited to: Petition for a Non-immigrant Worker (Form I-797); Labor Conditions Applications for H-1B Non-immigrant; Prevailing Wage Information Request; Application to Immigrant and Naturalization Service (INS); documentation of requests for visa extensions; details of work assignments; and related documentation and correspondence including the letter of support.

Record Copy: International Education
Retention: 6 years after expiration of visa and extensions granted

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(29) Health Emergency Information Records
This series documents the health identification information of students, faculty or staff. Health information may be collected for sponsored field trips, participation in physical education classes, and other activities. Information may include but is not limited to personal identification and physician's name and contact information, and emergency contact and health insurance information. Note: These records are not the same as the Emergency Notification Forms found in the Personnel File.

Record Copy: Units
Retention: 1 year after the end of the event or activity for which this information was collected


(30) Immigrant Visa Scholars Records
This series documents the application and approval of international scholars for permanent immigrant status. Records may include but are not limited to: Applications for Alien Employment Certifications issued by the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration; advertisements for positions; curriculum vitae; transcripts; letters of recommendation; notes on all applicants for positions demonstrating that a petitioner was the best qualified for an advertised position; forms indicating the institution's efforts to employ comparably qualified U.S. citizens (ETA750); interviewers' notes and memoranda; and related correspondence.



Record Copy: International Education
Retention: 75 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(31) J-1 Visa Scholars Records
This series documents the short-term appointment of non-immigrant international scholars as visiting faculty, specialists, researchers and trainees. Records may include but are not limited to: United States Information Service Certificates of Eligibility for Exchange Visitors Forms (IAP-66); descriptions of work to be performed; methods of financial support; copies of passports; check-in forms with personal data such as addresses, telephone numbers, and information concerning dependents; related correspondence, most often concerning eligibility of spouses and children to accompany or join the scholar; log sheets noting the nature of telephone calls concerning each scholar's status; and related documentation.

Record Copy: International Education
Retention: 3 years after visa expiration

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(32) Layoff Administration Records
This series documents policies and procedures administered by institution personnel offices with regard to layoffs. Records may include but are not limited to: position eliminations information; employee assistance information; layoff lists; management service layoff policy; news publications; salary funding requests; vacancy lists; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: Permanent
Transfer the record copy to the University Archives when superceded.

 NOTE: For individual classified employees layoff records see (9) Classified Employees Layoff Records in this section.


(33) Merit Increase and Trial Service Performance Appraisal Lists
This series documents classified employees who are expected to receive merit pay increases or successfully complete their six-month trial service period. The lists, organized by academic department or administrative office, include: employee's name; class; social security number; position number; employee status and type; FTE; pay rate qualifier; current step and pay rate; new pay rate and step (merit increase only); and trial service completion date (trial service only).

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 6 months

Other copies: Units
Retention: Until end of list month

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(34) National Faculty Exchange Program Records
This series documents an exchange program which allows university faculty members to exchange teaching positions with other institutions' faculty members within the United States. Records include: contracts; summaries; and related correspondence.

Record Copy: Academic Affairs
Retention: Permanent for summaries; 5 years for all other records
Transfer the permanent records to the University Archives after 5 years.


(35) Personnel Research Data Records
This series documents the comparative salaries, benefits, collective bargaining agreements, staffing requirements, minimum qualifications, recruitment, and training of an institution's employees. Records include but are not limited to: published and unpublished data; statistical reports; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources, Budgets & Planning
Retention: Until superseded or obsolete

Other copies: Units
Retention: Until superseded or obsolete

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(36) Position Descriptions
This series documents job descriptions for classified and faculty positions and is used for employee recruiting, Fair Labor Standards Act eligibility analysis, position review, and reclassification purposes. Information fields in the position descriptions may include position names, position numbers, qualifications, functions and responsibilities, duties, hierarchical data, job classification numbers, description of duties, and pay rates. Records may include but are not limited to: Position Description forms; Reclassification Position Descriptions and documentation; Classification Listings; Positions Listings; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: Present and two previous descriptions for each position or descriptions covering a period of 5 years, whichever is greater; 5 years for position reclassification records

Other copies: Units
Retention: Until obsolete or superseded


(37) Position Inventory Control System (PICS) Reports
This series documents job classification control and distribution code tracking, and is used to set budgets for dollars, to verify control numbers, and to regulate the total authorized FTE. Information included in these various computer printouts includes position numbers, distribution codes, budget authorization numbers, and classification control data. Records may include but are not limited: to PIC System Report E (by Budget Institution Position Number); PIC System Report F (by Budget Institution Fund Account); and PIC System Report G (by Appointing Authority); Personnel Position Data Base (PPDB) forms; and related documentation and correspondence. This is a closed series.

Record Copy: Budgets & Planning
Retention: 4 years

Other copies: Units
Retention: Until superseded


(38) Promotion, Tenure, and Salary Increase Records
This series documents the periodic consideration of faculty who are eligible for changes in rank, tenure status, and/or pay. Records may include but are not limited to promotion and tenure dossiers compiled and presented by the faculty member as per instructions from Academic Affairs as well as other materials which are compiled and maintained for inclusion, analysis, and summarization into the dossier folders. The dossiers may include but are not limited to: candidate dossier cover form or checklist; prior service agreement; Confidential Waiver for letters of evaluation; current position description; letters of evaluation; current curriculum vitae or resume; activity summary and evaluations of teaching, curriculum development and advising from students, participants/clients, and peers; candidate acknowledgment of dossier review; student evaluations of faculty summary reports; committee signature sheets; committee findings; recommendations of administrative superiors; and related documentation and correspondence. These files should always be maintained physically separate from departmental and college personnel files, but are considered to be a part of the academic personnel record.

Record Copy: Colleges
Retention: 10 years

Other copies: Units
Retention: 6 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(39) Recruiting Pool Records
This series is used as a reference for prospective applicants for faculty and staff positions drawn from either previous recruitments or unsolicited applications. Records may include but are not limited to: curriculum vitae or resumes; cover letters; Applications for Employment; interview materials; position announcements; evaluations of prospective employees; and related correspondence.

Record Copy: Colleges, Units
Retention: 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(40) Residential Advisor (RA) Employees Records
This series documents the selection process, requirements, and work history of residential advisors. RAs apply in the Winter Term for the following school year. After preliminary screening and approval applicants are required to enroll in a course designed for potential RAs taught by student housing staff. Records may include but are not limited to: application forms; transcripts; recommendations; interviewers' notes; notification letters; contracts which give duties and responsibilities, enrollment hours limitations, and signatures; papers or projects completed in the required RA course; staff evaluations of applicants and term-by-term evaluations of appointees; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Housing & Dining
Retention: 5 years after employee separation

Other copies: Student Affairs
Retention: 5 years after employee separation

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(41) Retirement Incentive Program Records
This series documents the cost of incentive programs providing benefits for university employees who choose early retirement. Records include: agreements between the university and employees for lump sum, monthly, or annual payments; records of actual payments; and related correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 6 years after final payment

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(42) Sabbatical Leave Records
This series documents sabbatical leave activities of institution faculty. Records may include but are not limited to: reports; applications; contracts; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: Permanent
Transfer the record copy to the University Archives after 5 years.

Other copies: Colleges, Units
Retention: 8 years


(43) Search Records
This series documents the selection process for academic, classified and student positions within the institution. Records may include but are not limited to: applications; curriculum vitae or resumes; academic transcripts; samples of writing or publications; approvals of recruitment proposals; candidate lists; position announcements; position advertisements; position descriptions; Certificate of Eligibles; copies of Affirmative Action Compliance Data Forms; Requests to Fill Academic Position Forms; interview materials such as schedules, rating sheets, tallies, screening and interview notes, review committee notes and memoranda; telephone conversation notes; and related correspondence such as cover letters and reference letters. NOTE: Application materials of successful academic and classified candidates become part of the employee's personnel file.

Record Copy: Units
Retention: 3 years after search completed for academic and classified search records; 1 year for student search records

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(44) Staffing Policies Records
This series documents the adoption and implementation of personnel and staffing policies at the college and/or unit level pertaining to topics such as: faculty evaluations; faculty retention; merit increases; performance evaluations; promotion and tenure, both instructions and guidelines; sabbatical leave, both policies and reports; salary adjustments, both guidelines and statistics; and support staff information. Records may include but are not limited to: notations on priority staffing decisions; position descriptions; requests for approval of new staff positions; justification statements; descriptions of teaching responsibilities for positions requested; funding information; job announcements; memoranda; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Colleges, Units
Retention: 2 years after superseded or obsolete

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(45) Student and Classified Employees Compensation Records
This series documents and defines pay rates for classified and student employees. Records may include but are not limited to compensation plans; conversion tables for annual, monthly, hourly, and overtime rates; records concerning extra merit increase, merit pay system, overtime pay, shift differential, student pay, variable rate pay, and working out of class; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: Until superseded or obsolete

Other copies: Payroll, Units
Retention: Until superseded or obsolete


(46) Student Employees Personnel Records
This series documents the student employee's work history from the supervisor's perspective. This series may contain records for work-study and/or regular departmental budgeted student employees. This series may include: resumes; interview questionnaires and notes; work referral forms; Student Schedule Slips; Financial Aid Employment Reference Forms; Student Employment Registration Forms; Personnel Actions Forms; Pay/Budget Action Forms; Work-Study Time Certificates; Performance Evaluations; Employee Withholding Allowance Certificate (W-4) forms; Payroll Check Delivery Authorizations; Requests for Emergency Payroll Draw Forms; commendations; recommendations; reprimands or notices of disciplinary action; notices of layoff; letters of resignation; work permits; copies of visas and related immigration status information; Student Driver Authorization Forms; Employment Eligibility Forms (I-9); home address/telephone disclosure authorizations; and related correspondence and documents. The series may also include photocopies of each employee's drivers license; birth certificate; or Certificate of Student Employment Registration.

Record Copy: Units
Retention: 5 years after employee separation for work-study student records; 3 years after date of hire or one year after graduation, whatever is longer, for employment eligibility forms (I-9); and 3 years after employee separation for other student employee records

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(47) Student Faculty/Course Evaluation Records
This series documents students' evaluations of teaching personnel and is used to help determine faculty tenure, promotion, merit increases and/or to review instructional courses and programs. These records provide students' opinions on faculty members' familiarity with current literature of the discipline, preparation, assignments, examinations, lecture styles, willingness to engage in dialogue, and availability. Records include: bubble forms (input documents); course reaction inventory printouts; statistical tabulations; summary reports; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Units
Retention: Until tabulated and verified for bubble forms; 5 years for all other records

Other copies: Individual faculty PTSI dossier
Retention: 10 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(48) Time, Attendance and Leave Records
This series documents time and attendance and leave for faculty, classified and student employees. Records include: monthly time entry forms which may include hours worked, leave used, employee's name, supervisor's authorization, earnings information, and time distribution information; leave request forms; overtime authorization or certification; leave summary reports; leave without pay records; Work-Study time certificates and referrals; and related documentation.

Record Copy: Administering unit
Retention: 4 years

Other copies: Units
Retention: 3 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.

 NOTE: See also (19) Student Time Records in the Payroll Records section.


(49) Tuition Reduction Records
This series documents employee and/or dependents participation in courses or programs offered by OUS institutions at reduced tuition rates. Records may include but are not limited to staff fee requests to take classes, course agendas, descriptions and syllabi, course outlines and materials, enrollment and attendance records, training requests and authorizations, certificates of completion, related documentation and correspondence.

Retention: 4 years


(50) Volunteer Program Records
This series documents the activities and administration of an Institution's department or office's volunteer program. Records may include: volunteer hour statistics; volunteer program publicity records; insurance requirement information; and inactive volunteer files containing applications and conditions of volunteer service forms.



Record Copy: Units
Retention: 5 years after separation

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(51) Unemployment Compensation Claim Records
This series documents claims submitted by former institution employees for unemployment compensation. Records may include but are not limited to: claim records; notices; reports; records generated by the appeal of claim determinations; and related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: 2 years

 CONFIDENTIAL DESTRUCTION: Records in this series containing confidential information should be destroyed by pulping, shredding, or incineration. See the OSU Archives and Records Management Handbook for more information.


(52) Work Time Adjustment Agreements
This series documents agreements between the employer and the employee regarding a change in the employee's work hours. Records may include but are not limited to: the official signed agreement; related documentation and correspondence.

Record Copy: Human Resources
Retention: Until superseded or obsolete

Other copies: Units
Retention: Until superseded or obsolete


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