MIT Personnel Policy 3.3: Performance Review Guidelines

For MIT's policy on performance reviews, please see MIT Personnel Policy 3.3.

Human Resources Officers can provide more specific information on review procedures and guidelines.

Note: Service Staff should refer to their collective bargaining agreement for information on review policies and procedures.

Retaining Employee Records

Massachusetts law requires that all employee records be retained for three years after the employee leaves the employer. However, it is MIT practice to retain records – including performance review documents – for four years after the employee leaves MIT. The law considers MIT, not any particular department, to be the employer. Therefore, departments should continue to retain the personnel records for employees who have transferred to a different department within MIT. Records for employees who have left MIT may be destroyed after four years.