HR60 – Payroll Authorizations

Source documents authorizing employment and employment-related payments and extraordinary payroll deductions which support payroll information maintained in the Human Resources Management System.

Related Records | Responsible Unit | Information Steward | Information Confidentiality Classification | Retention | Disposition | Authority | Retention RationaleVersion Information

Content & Scope

These records exclude authorizations for payment and regular deductions, such as parking, Credit Union, and PAC membership, which are maintained as part of the individual employee's employment file.

The records include casual pay authorizations, overtime request forms, United Way and other donation authorizations, and court-ordered pay deductions.

Related Records

For authorizations for payment and regular deductions, see HR52 – Employment Files (Financial).

Responsible Unit

Human Resources.

Information Steward

Vice-President, Administration & Finance.

Information Confidentiality Classification

Highly Restricted.

Retention

7 years after payment or termination of deduction.

Disposition

Secure Destruction.

Note

Responsible Units should document the disposal/destruction of official records using the University records destruction form or equivalent documentation, to verify that we are following our records retention rules.

Authority

Income Tax Act, 1985.

Retention Rationale

The retention period is based on the Income Tax Act, 1985, s. 230 (4) which requires records to be kept until the expiration of six years from the end of the last taxation year to which the records and books of account relate.

Approval Date

26 October 2011