HR78 – Sick Leave & Long-term Disability Files

Records of sick leave and long-term disability arrangements for individual employees.

This records class is a Personal Information Bank.

Related Records | Responsible Unit | Information Steward | Information Confidentiality Classification | Retention | DispositionAuthority | Retention Rationale | Version Information

Content & Scope

The University provides income continuance benefits for employees requiring short-term or long-term absences from work due to illness or injury.

The records include attending physicians' forms; test results, consultants' reports, and other supporting medical documentation; modified return-to-work plans; copies of Workplace Safety and Insurance claim documentation; notes; and related correspondence.

Related Records

See also HS25 – Occupational Health Charts and HS63 – Workplace Safety and Insurance Claims.

Responsible Unit

Human Resources.

Information Steward

Vice-President, Administration & Finance.

Information Confidentiality Classification

Highly Restricted.

Retention

Until the earlier of 5 years after the person's death or the year following that in which the person reached or would have reached 90 years of age.

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

  • University of Waterloo Act, 1972.
  • Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997.

Retention Rationale

The retention period is based on the absence of a time limit for filing an occupational disease claim with the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.

Approval Date

19 December 2011