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Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett
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RDA
RDA: 1280
Database ID: 226
Record Series Title: Separated Employee Records
Record Series Abstract: The official personnel records for each state employee who has separated from state service.
Record Series Active: Yes
Cut Off at End of: Other
If Other, Explain: Upon employee separation from state service.
Total Retention: 65 Years 0 Months
Retention End Action: Destroy
Disposition Notes: Upon cutoff, the records are to be scanned and stored on electronic server; the hard copies are to be destroyed upon verification that the records were properly scanned and uploaded to the server; maintain in agency 65 years, then destroy by approved methods. Original and duplicate microfilm reels of separated employee personnel records from 1936 to 1995 are maintained at the state records center (original reels) and in-agency (duplicate reels). After approval of this RDA by the Public Records Commission, all microfilm records 65 years old or greater shall be destroyed by approved methods.
View Signed Form: Form Not Received
Worksheet
Worksheet ID: 226
Record Location: MICROFILM OF SEPARATED EMPLOYEE RECORDS ARE LOCATED AT 505 DEADERICK STREET, JAMES K. POLK BLDG., 2ND FLOOR, DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, RECORDS DIVISION, FILE ROOM AREA. DIGITIZED SEPARATED EMPLOYEE RECORDS ARE MAINTAINED IN FILENET MANAGED BY OIR.
File Arrangement: MICROFILM RECORDS ARE INDEXED BY ALPHABETICAL NAME
Media Format Generated: Both
Media Format Stored: Electronic/Film
Date Range: 1936 TO CURRENT.
Annual Accumulation: DOHR\'S FILE ROOM MAINTAINS A CONSTANT 300 CUBIC FT. OF SEPARATED EMPLOYEE FILES IN THE PROCESSING PIPELINE. THEY ALSO MAINTAIN 1183 MICROFILM ROLLS WITHIN THE RECORDS DIVISION ALONG WITH A DUPLICATE SET MAINTAINED AT THE STATE RECORDS CENTER. THE ELECTRONIC ANNUAL ACCUMULATION OF SEPARATED EMPLOYEE FILES IS EQUAL TO 30 CUBIC FT. RECEIVED MONTHLY(360 CUBIC FT. ANNUAL) AVERAGING 25 RECORDS PER CUBIC FOOT AVERAGING 2,538(KB) PER RECORD RESULTING IN 63,450(KB)PER.CUBIC FEET WHICH EQUALS 1,903,500(KB) MONTHLY 30X12= 22,842,000(KB)ANNUALLY.
Current Volume: PAPER- 300 CUBIC FT. ELECTRONIC-794 GB MICROFILM ROLLS-1183
Record Value: Administrative, Fiscal, Legal
Audit Requirements: State
Reference Frequency:
Current Year per Month: 825
Past Year: 900
2 - 5 Years: 39
Over 5 Years: 0
Data Update Frequency: Daily
Information Shared Outside of State: No
If Shared, List Agencies:
Essential Record: Yes - Duplicate
Essential Record Stored: ORIGINAL SEPARATED STATE EMPLOYEE RECORDS ARE DESTROYED ONCE AN ELECTRONIC(1995-CURRENT)DUPLICATE IS MADE. 1936-1995 ORIGINAL MICROFILM REELS OF SEPARATED EMPLOYEES ARE MAINTAINED AT THE STATE STORAGE CENTER AND A DUPLICATE COPY OF MICROFILM IS MAINTAINED INSIDE THE RECORDS DIVISION OF THE DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES.
Essential Record Media Type: Electronic
Confidential: No
Confidential Legal Citation:
Media Recommendation: Current Format
Media Recommendation Other:
Agency Retention: 65 YEARS
Agency Retention - Years Active: 65
Agency Retention - Years Inactive: 0
Records Center Retention Period: 0
Final Disposition after Retention Expires: Destroy
Legal Citation: NO
Record Sample: No Sample
Legal Documentation: No Legal Documentation
Electronic Records Plan Inventory
System Name: FileNet
IT-ABC Number: NA
Hardware Description: Vendor server farm (FileNet).
Software Description: Proprietary on-line vendor software.
System Location: http://ae.ecm.tn.gov/WorkplaceXT/ContainerLogin.jsp Physical location unknown.
Backup Procedures: Vendor conducts incremental backup daily and full system backup weekly.
Disaster Recovery: Disaster Recovery procedures established by the Department of Finance and Administration (F&A) under the Information Systems Council (ISC) Policy 9.00
Data Migration Description: No current migration of data needed, but in the event, data migration will occur when support for the existing file format is deemed obsolete or when software or hardware system changes require the movement of this electronic data from a specified format to a different file format. Annual reviews of this data will be conducted by DOHR’s Records Director to ensure file formats are functional and operational. In the event migration is needed, the IT section and the Records Director will develop a solution to move data to a current file format that is appropriate to the RDA retention requirement for that specific data. This migration may include translation of the data to a current file format, conversion to an acceptable current file format to preserve the integrity of the information of the data, or movement of the data to a legacy architecture that maintains the environment where the format is considered current as long as this effort has full functional and operational support.
Metadata Description: Content Subject/Title (FileFileNet Workplace XT My Workplace/https://ae5.ecm.tn.gov/workplaceXT/Home Page.jsp? Contains documents relating to separated employee’s work history with the state of Tennessee. Date created 1996. Located on OIR server designated for use by the Department of Human Resources, 505 Deaderick St. James K. Polk Bldg. 1st Floor.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Steve Lee Brown
Job Title: Director, Quality Assurance & Records Management
Address 1: 505 Deaderick St. James K. Polk Bldg. 2nd Floor
Address 2:
City: Nashville
Zip: 37243
Phone: 615-741-0668
Email: steve.brown@tn.gov
Agency: Dept. of Human Resources
Agency Head: Commissioner Rebecca Hunter
Director: Steve Brown
Allotment Code: 31901
Status
Action Requested: New RDA
Comments
  Date Comments
Records Management Division (RMD): 09-17-2015 Recommend retention period be at least 75 years.
Tennessee State Libary and Archives: 09-17-2015 TSLA concurs in RMD comment.
Comptroller Audit Review: 2015-09-17 Audit concurs with RMD comments.
Agency: 09-01-2015 According to NARA, under the Federal General Records Schedule-1 (N1-GRS-87-12 item 1b2), separated employees records are destroyed after 65 years. The state should move to this retention period to not only reduce the amount of tax dollars to store these records, but to also reduce the liability on the state.
RMD Director Recomendations: 09-20-2015 RDA 1280 is a request to revise an RDA. The retention period will change from one hundred and fifty years to sixty five years. The format will change from microfilm to electronic/film, with records kept electronically day forward. I spoke to the agency regarding the retention being sixty-five as opposed to the old standard of seventy-five years. The reason is that these records are kept primarily for determining benefits when a worker retires between ages sixty-two and sixty-seven. A sixty-five year retention will cover even a worker who left state service at the age of eighteen for these purposes. Recommend approval of RDA 1280 with the following changes: Legal Citation: Federal General Records Schedule-1 (N1-GRS-87-12 item 1b2) Upload Legal Citation
Signed Form Received: 2015-09-18
PRC Meeting Date: 10-13-2015
PRC Comments: PRC approves RDA 1280
PRC Action: Approved
RDA History
ID RDA PRC Reviewed PRC Action
226 1280 2015-10-13 Approved
2325 1280 2018-10-30 Approved