Document Retention Policy

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This Document Retention Policy is a workplace policy to set policies and procedures for when and how documents should be retained or destroyed.

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Document Overview

A Document Retention Policy is an important workplace policy for meeting an organisation's legal obligations. Broadly speaking, these come in three forms:

Legislative obligations to retain documents for prescribed periods.
Legislative obligations to destroy, de-identify, or limit the retention of data within prescribed periods.
The duty to preserve evidence in a litigation context.

For more information, see Lawpath's article on document retention requirements.

What does the Document Retention Policy cover?

The person responsible for implementing the policy.
Document retention periods.
Document destruction procedures.
Document storage and management.
The impact of litigation on document retention and destruction.
Consequences of breaching the policy.

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