University of British Columbia
RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE AND DISPOSAL AUTHORITY

Schedule No.:

002-07

This is a recommendation to (check one):

X -- Establish retention/disposal schedule

Series Title:

Payroll

Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR):

Financial Services

Purpose and Description of Records:

The series consists of twelve sub-series: Record of Employment, Cheque Logbook, T4's, Holiday Cards (hourly employees), Cancelled Payroll Cheques, Miscellaneous Payroll Calculations, Payroll Adjustments, Hourly Balance Sheets, Hourly Payroll Timesheets, Canada Savings Bonds Receipts, Computer Reports, and Miscellaneous (including payroll bank statements). These records document the calculation and payment of salaries to University employees.

Personal Information Bank?

X -- No

Vital Record?

X -- Yes

Retained by:

X -- Fiscal Year

Retention Period (Years):

Office -- (see below)
Records Centre / Storage --
Total --

Final Disposition:

X -- Destruction
(except for Holiday Cards)

Retention Instructions:

As the OPR, Financial Services retains most records in this series for C + 7 years, except for Cheque Logbook (C + 2); Hourly Balance Sheets (C + 3); T4's (C + 9); and Holiday Cards (permanent). Copies of these records are not normally retained by other offices, except for Hourly Payroll Timesheets, Canada Savings Bond Receipts, and Miscellaneous, which are retained for C + 1 years.

Appraisal Rationale:

With respect to the retention of financial records, British Columbia's Limitation Act, S. 3(5), states that debts are not collectible, and goods are not recoverable, after six years; S. 3(4) also provides for a general limitation period of six years. It is also standard practice for the OPR to retain financial records for between five and seven years after the year of their creation - see, for example, the British Columbia Government's Administrative Records Classification System [ARCS] (1989), and Records Retention: Law and Practice, by Anson-Cartwright, et. al. (Carswell, 1994). Other offices normally retain them only for shorter periods. For example, ARCS has other offices retain their copies of financial records for one year after their creation or acquisition.

Date of Initial Publication:

12 August 1997

Revisions: