personnel files
Worker history folders
Personnel files are records an employer maintains about individual employees—containing hiring documents, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, salary history, and similar information.
Access to personnel files is typically restricted: She requested a copy of her personnel file from HR.
The term appears frequently in workplace disputes and employment law.
- human resourcesEmployee administration department
- employment contractsBinding job-term documents
- background checksInvestigation of someone's past
- resumesJob applicants' summaries
- hire dateWhen employment officially begins
contact information · next of kin · payroll records · performance reviews · audit trails · tax forms · demographic data · confidentiality agreements · need to know · insurance policies · emergency contacts · skill assessments · retirement plans · sick days · disciplinary actions · termination letter · workplace policies · paper trail
- military recordsmilitary records, service records, after action report, military rosters, military archives
- office recordsmemos, reports, invoices, receipts, timesheets
- paperworkinvoice, permit, documents, license, filing
- recordsbirth records, world record, record, Guinness, documents
- HRhiring, human resources, recruiting, HR, onboarding
- colonial recordsland records, colonial maps, military records, land deeds, property deeds
personnel filespublic records
Officially filed, publicly accessible documents
personnel filesfinancial statements
Formal records of transactions
annual reports · financial records · policy documents · statistical reports