17Employee records

17 Employee records (1) The Commissioner must keep an employment record for each person who is an employee. (2) An employment record: (a) must include the information prescribed by regulation; and (b) may include any other information the Commissioner considers appropriate. (3) Subject to the regulations, the Commissioner must keep employment records in the way, and retain them for the period, the Commissioner considers appropriate. (4) An employment record is kept for the purpose of managing the person's employment in the Public Sector and may be used and disclosed for that purpose. (5) For subsection (4), a person's employment in the Public Sector includes: (a) the employment of the person in any Agency; and Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 15 (b) any periods of employment in the Public Sector, whether occurring consecutively, concurrently or otherwise.