HR Records is a human resource records system. The primary function is to provide a central database containing records for all employees past and present. Human resource records refers to the informa­tional documents utilized by an organisation to carry out its functions. It represents the memory of organisation. The records provide information about the organisation which is maintained in tangible form i.e. written, pictorial, charts etc.
They are therefore tan­gible evidence of the activities of the organi­sation. Personnel records provide informa­tion about the position of HR in the organi­sation e.g. – records relating to training, per­formance, absenteeism, wages and salary, labour turnover, productivity, morale sur­veys, job satisfaction, social security, em­ployee welfare etc.