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1315 - Benefits

Last updated on January 30, 2025

Records relating to the provincial government’s comprehensive benefits package (e.g., health and disability benefits, employment insurance, workers’ compensation, life insurance, retirement and pension benefits, employee and family counseling services, and salary and retirement savings plans).

Record types include correspondence, manuals, and reports.

NOTE: This primary is designed for ministries and agencies that use the benefit services provided by the BC Public Service Agency (BCPSA) and TELUS Sourcing Solutions (TSS)-BC. Agencies with their own internal human resources services should use the Human Resource ARCS Supplement (HRAS), the Emergency Health Services ARCS Supplement, or the Liquor Distribution ARCS Supplement. Agencies must be registered to use HRAS. For guidance, please contact your Government Information Management Specialist (GIMS) or Ministry Records Officer.

non-OPR NOTE: Offices will retain non-OPR copies of records for: SO nil DE 

Primary-Secondary Records Series OPR
  A SA FD
1315-00 Policy and procedures SO nil DE
1315-01 General CY+1y nil DE
1315-05 Benefit plan information files
(arrange by specific benefit [e.g., life insurance, medical, and pension] if volume warrants) NOTE:  This secondary covers general information about each benefit plan.		 SO nil DE

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OPR – office of primary responsibility

A – active
SA – semi-active
FD – final disposition

CY – calendar year
nil – no retention period
SO – superseded or obsolete
y – year
DE – destruction

Contact information

For general inquires, contact the Government Information Management (GIM) Branch at:

Email
GIM@gov.bc.ca