Employee Recruitment When setting up and maintaining the human resource files, confidentiality and privacy are always significant at workplace. Today most organizations are taking different steps of ensuring that the information within the organization remains confidential and private, however employees on the other hand are seen not to be concerned of this, therefore it is the work of the top managers to make their employees understand the importance of keeping files such as the human resource files as confidential. The human resources professionals should prevent misuse of personal information by safely storing them to avoid unauthorized access. Maintaining confidentiality of information in organization does not only protect the company from the legal hassles, but it improves the productivity of the employee while providing them with a safer working environment and security (Dogra, 2012).

Maintaining privacy and confidentiality for human resource files is important...

This can on the other hand have a negative repercussion on the reputation of the business as well. It is therefore safe and important for employees and organization in protecting information concerning any organization in the place of work (Dogra, 2012).
The laws that impact records management, such as the American with Disabilities Act, HIPAA, and Privacy Act of 1974.

The law such as American with Disabilities (ADA) has impacted how confidentiality and privacy is significant in regard to records management in every organization. The law expanded to the reach of Rehabilitation Acts making discrimination the basis of disability to be unlawful. The laws have helped the congress to enact important legal protection. The…