EEO Compliance

The penalties for EEO compliance failures can be substantial and can include lost wages, compensatory damages and punitive damages. EEO compliance is smart business. A common EEO compliance question is what employment records must you keep. EEOC Compliance Regulations require that employers keep all personnel or employment records for one year. If an employee is involuntarily terminated, his/her personnel records must be retained for one year from the date of termination. The EEOC enforced compliance statutes contain strong protections against retaliation for having filed an EEOC charge, even if the charge is later dismissed by the EEOC or rejected by a court.