Personnel File/Updating Your Personal Information

Amended date: 12/01/2018

In Massachusetts, an employee is entitled to request a copy of their personnel file and can be obtained following the instructions below.  Additionally, the University encourages employees to keep current any personal contact, including emergency contact information, maintained in eServe. Instructions are outlined below.

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Tufts University respects the privacy of its employees and strives to keep employee files confidential. Tufts Support Services maintains a personnel file for each employee. If you wish to review your file, submit a written request to Tufts Support Services

Changes to your personal information, benefits, and payroll deductions can be made online through Tufts University E-Serve.

It is your responsibility to notify the Benefits Office when any change occurs in your personal status or of a qualifying event in your family that could impact your benefits.

Definitions:  

Staff: any benefits-eligible employee who has standard hours of 17.5 hours/week or more and is not otherwise covered by a collective bargaining agreement.  Postdoctoral scholars’ hiring practices are outlined in the postdoc handbook. Faculty should refer to the by-laws of their primary school affiliation for guidance.

Related Links and Resources:

Postdoctoral Scholars’ Handbook: https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/policies-forms-guides/postdoctoral-scholars-handbook

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This Personnel File/Updating your Personnel Information Statement is part of the HR Employee Policies and Procedures that can be found here.

Disclaimer: Changes to this policy and the handbook in which it is maintained may be made at any time, at the sole discretion of the University and is not a contract.  Employment by the University is at will and either the employee or the University may end the employment relationship at any time.