When you hire an individual, whether as hourly or salaried, full-or part-time employee, your personnel file should include, at a minimum, the following records:
- Job Application and resume
- Letter of Hire or other document indicating rate of pay
- Documentation of reference and background checks
- Job Description
- Form W-4 and Form IL-W-4 for withholding of taxes.
- Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification.
- Insurance and other benefit enrollment forms, or a form waiving the benefit.
- Authorization of voluntary deductions for retirement, medical savings accounts, etc.
Over time, you will add:
- Performance appraisals.
- Pay change authorizations.
- Records of benefits and hours worked.
- Correspondence of any sort.
- Separation notice and termination information.