29 CFR 1602.14: personnel records preserved for one year (29 CFR 1602.14)
The federal equal employment rules keep hiring, pay, promotion and termination records for one year from the record or the action, and the file of anyone dismissed for one year from the dismissal; longer if a charge has been filed.
Dated 31 Oct 2026Source checked 31 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
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“shall be preserved by the employer for a period of one year from the date of the making of the record or the personnel action involved, whichever occurs later. In the case of involuntary termination of an employee, the personnel records of the individual terminated shall be kept for a period of one year from the date of termination.”
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