Common Retention Schedules

Here is a list of common records retention schedules used by university departments and units. If you have further question, please contact the Records Management and Privacy Office.
 

General Administrations and Operations Records

AD9100-11     Local Policies, Procedures and Standards
AD9100-12     Statistical Reports and Surveys
AD9100-31     Local Planning Files
AD9100-32     Local Operations Files
AD9110-11     Directories and Contact Lists
AD9110-12     Forms and Templates
AD9110-13     Maps
AD9110-14     Printing Services
AD9110-15     Reception Services
AD9110-16     Shipping, Receiving and Mail
AD9110-17     Subscription Management
AD9110-18     Travel
AD9110-19     Tours
AD9110-20     Vendor or Contractor Relations
AD9110-21     Non-Academic Research Files
AD9250-30     Local Records Management
AD9300-30     Non-Research Financings
OP2400-32     Facility Access Files
 

Communications and Public Relations Records

AD1100-31     Communications
AD1100-32     Presentations and Speeches
AD1200-31     Promotions and Marketing
AD1300-31     Events and Conferences
AD1350-31     Awards Files
AD1400-31     Government Relations
AD1400-32     Public Relations
AD1500-31     General Advice and Consultation
AD1500-32     Complaints and Inquiries
AD1700-31     Non-Academic Publications
 

Financial Records

AD2200-32     Departmental Budget 
AD2500-32     Accounts Payable
AD2500-33     Accounts Receivable
AD2700-32     Tax Records (Calendar Year)
AD2700-33     Tax Records (Fiscal Year)
AD2750-31     Financial Reporting (External)
AD2800-31     Audits
AD2900-34     Procurement Card Files
AD3900-31     Signing Authority Files
 

Human Resource Records

AD4110-30     Hiring Faculty
AD4110-33     Hiring Academic Executives
AD4110-34     Hiring Staff
AD4210-30     Faculty, Librarian, Archivist Personnel Files
AD4210-31     Adjunct Faculty Personnel File
AD4200-32     Staff Employee Personnel Files - Local Copies
AD4215-31     Departmental Casual Employee Files
AD4215-32     Files of Students Employed by the University
AD4215-33     Post-doctoral Fellow Files
AD4215-34     Departmental Paid Intern Files (Non-Queen's Students)
AD4215-35     Volunteer Files
AD4500-31     Employee Work Scheduling
AD4500-32     Job Evaluations
AD4900-31     Training Content
AD4900-32     Training Delivery, Non-mandatory
AD5300-31     Faculty Grievances
AD5300-32     Staff Grievances
 

Physical Resources Management Records

AD6300-33     Environmental Monitoring
AD6300-34     Facility Maintenance and Repair (Clients)
AD6600-31     Physical Assets and Materials Management
AD6600-32     Physical Assets Repair and Maintenance
 

Health and Safety Records

AD7100-30     Health and Safety Inspections
AD7100-31     Health and Safety Investigations
AD7100-32     Workplace Incident and Accident Files - Unpaid Student Placement
AD7100-33     Ergonomic Assessment Files
AD7200-31     Business Continuity Plans
AD7200-32     Business Continuity Responses
 

Information Management and Information Technologies Records

AD8500-31     IT Support
AD8500-32     IT Vendor Support
AD8800-40     Website Content Development
AD8800-41     Queen's Websites - Published Content
AD8950-31     General Reference Materials
EX4300-31     Access to Information Requests
EX4300-32     Privacy Breaches or Complaints
EX4300-34     Privacy Impact Assessments
EX4300-35     Notices of Collection, Personal Information
 

Academic Unit Common Records

AD1300-32     Convocations
EX3100-30     Faculty Board Files
EX3310-31     Preparation for CPR - Academic Units
EX3320-30     Academic Programs Accreditation
OP4800-30     Faculty/School/Unit Student Awards Documentation
OP4800-31     Selection of Faculty/School/Unit Student Awards Recipients
OP4210-30     Departmental Undergraduate Student Record - Academic Progress
OP4912-31     Departmental Admissions Files - Graduate Programs
OP4914-31     Administration of Graduate Student Awards - Departmental Internal Awards
OP4919-30     Departmental Graduate Student Files
OP5600-30     Departure from Academic Integrity Cases - Level I
OP5600-31     Departure from Academic Integrity Cases - Level II
OP5600-32     Departure from Academic Integrity Cases - Do Not Proceed / Dismissed
OP5600-33     Academic Appeal, Faculty Board
OP5700-31     Non-Academic Misconduct Cases - General
OP5700-32     Non-Academic Misconduct Cases - Sexual Violence and/or Sexual Misconduct
OP8970-31     Visiting Scholar/Researcher Files
OP9100-31     Curriculum Development Files
OP9860-30     Examination Questions Faculty/Department Copies
 

General Legal Records

EX4100-35     Legal Reference Materials
EX4200-31     Agreements and Contracts, General
EX4200-32     Legal Consultations
EX4200-34     Legislative Compliance Oversight
EX4200-35     Regulatory Filings
EX4200-36     Waivers and Consent Forms
EX4200-37     Legislation Monitoring
EX4200-38     Legislative Consultation
EX4200-39     Legal Matters