Keeping Exit Interviews in Personnel file

marcus

A SHRM White Paper on record retention requirements (by Donn Broich, 12/97, reviewed 7/99) suggests that exit interviews be maintained in the "basic Personnel File". That is not our practice, and I question whether it should be. Many firms even outsource exit interviews. What is "best practice"?

aab

We maintain 3 folders for each employee. One personnel, one medical and one confidential file. Documents (which are considered not job related) that supervisor should NOT have access we put on the confidential file like the exit interview.

Gar

We do and I see nothing wrong with keeping exit interview information in employees' respective personnel files. Where else would you keep them?