Staff registers, employee record cards and other personnel records
[1869-1990s]Staff registers, employee record cards and other personnel records (including accident book, productivity records and staff identification records). Some records are closed due to Data Protection Act...
SA/EMP/2
Material relating to staff identification, experience and the Good Fellowship Trust
1920s-1990sSA/EMP/2/3
Staff registers (female)
1914-1937SA/EMP/2/20
Early staff registers
[c. 1890]-1915These are the earliest set of staff registers in the Sainsbury Archive. They include staff working in branches and at Sainsbury's head office and warehouse in Blackfriars.
SA/EMP/2/22
Branch managers and results registers
1906-1948Volumes compiled by the personnel department containing information on Sainsbury's store managers and the financial performance of each store. The volumes include the following details for each...
SA/EMP/2/27
Factory leavers staff register, Jan 1954-Nov 1955
Jan 1954-Nov 1955Contains names, addresses, dates of birth and start dates of factory workers, and the reason for their departure.
SA/EMP/2/1
Packaging laboratories staff diaries and notebooks
[1930-1974]Staff diaries and notebooks from the packaging laboratories.
SA/EMP/2/2
Staff identity certificates
[1930s]Each pass contains a picture of the holder, their name, national reg[istration] identity number, height, when they were born and what they were employed as together with their signature. The pass...
SA/EMP/2/3/1
Branch manager's identity certificates
1930s-1940sEach pass contains a photograph of the holder, their name and signature and their national reg[istration] identity number. The pass had to be handed back to Sainsbury's when the holder left the...
SA/EMP/2/3/2
Staff experience records
1935-1939Each card includes the name of the employee, their home address, their date of birth and when they joined the company. It also gives the name of the branch and department they worked in, when they...
SA/EMP/2/3/3
Staff experience cards
1926-1938Each card includes the name of the employee, their home address, their date of birth and when they joined the company. It also gives the name of the branch and department they worked in, when they...
SA/EMP/2/3/4
J. Sainsbury's Good Fellowship Trust pamphlets
Aug 1931Duplicate explanatory pamphlets for staff on the Good Fellowship Trust. The Trust was set up in 1922 by John James Sainsbury and his son, John Benjamin Sainsbury to provide assistance to 'members...
SA/EMP/2/3/5
Roll of honour (Second World War) booklet
[c. 1945-1949]Booklet containing the Roll of Honour of members of staff who died in World War Two.
SA/EMP/2/3/6
Conditions of employment for male staff resuming work after National Service
[1945]SA/EMP/2/3/7
Senior Staff Pension Fund and Life Assurance Scheme leaflet and letter
Feb-Aug 1954Leaflet laying out changes to the wording of the rules of the Senior Staff Pension Fund. There is an accompanying letter explaining the changes.
SA/EMP/2/3/8
Christmas card to suppliers of the Poultry and Game Department
Dec 1938Christmas card from the Poultry and Game department to their suppliers. The front cover says, 'Seasonal greetings'.
SA/EMP/2/3/9
Business card
[early 20th century]Small rectangular card with 'J. Sainsbury, purveyors of high-class provisions, groceries, fresh meat, poultry & game'and 'Presented by' printed on it. The card also records that it was 'Presented...
SA/EMP/2/3/10
Customer care cards
Oct 1991-Jun 1993Customer care cards. Contains a record of the courses two members of staff attended. Also includes a card issued to staff to be produced on a visit to a doctor.
SA/EMP/2/3/11