8 CFR 274a.2(b)(2)(i)(A): Form I-9 kept three years after hire or one year after employment ends (8 CFR 274a.2(b)(2)(i)(A))
Each employee's Form I-9 is kept until three years after hire or one year after the job ended, whichever is later, so a company that lays everyone off keeps most of them for a year after the last day.
Dated 31 Oct 2026Source checked 31 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
Selling a company's data? This is one of the rules a sale has to meet, and the guide beside the button reads it in plain words.
- No data upload
- About two minutes
- No email needed
In the source's own words
“(A) In the case of an employer, three years after the date of the hire or one year after the date the individual's employment is terminated, whichever is later”
Figures it counts in
It is shown on its own, not counted into a figure.
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