How long do employers have to keep copies of your payslips?

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Originally posted in Chat before I noticed there was a money board!

I've done a bit of googling but can't see a definitive answer.

I've requested my payslips from April 2017 to March 2020 as I can't access them due to a change of payslip provider. We were warned about this and advised to download them, but that we could contact HR after the old portal was shut down.

I though I had downloaded them, but can't find them anywhere. I've also had a new work laptop so a chance I didn't move them across. Anyway I requested them from HR as the emails described. But I I've been told they can't give me any other payslips from before April 2020, so the same ones I can access myself.

Is there a set amount of time that this data should be stored by a company? I would have though less than two years worth is not enough?

www.xero.com/uk/glossary/how-long-to-keep-payroll-records/#:~:text=In%20the%20UK%20you're,of%20up%20to%20%C2%A33%2C000.

3 years according to Xerox they provide accounts software

Also
www.gov.uk/paye-for-employers/keeping-records

It’s 3 years.

Ask them for a copy of your P60s for the 2018 to 2020 tax years, they should be able to get those a bit easier than the payslips