I've heard from risk managers that they would like certain employee data to
be kept indefinitely (40 years minimum has been one suggested figure).
Ex-employees may wish to claim that injuries which might only become
apparent in later life, RSI for example, developed as a direct result of
tasks carried out with a particular employer. If the record of job
description, appraisal etc. to illustrate whether repetitive tasks were
undertaken has been destroyed, there is no longer any evidence to support
the claim, or to refute it. The position held by the employee - or its
equivalent - may no longer exist, or the nature of the work may have changed
significantly over time.
Su Goulding
Audit Assistant/Data Protection Co-ordinator, NSPCC
020-7825-1393
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