basic employment and earnings records
For basic employment and earnings records, regulation is 29 CFR Part 516; regulator / programme is DOL Wage and Hour (FLSA); retention period is at least 2 years; when the clock starts is from the date of last entry; who it binds is each employer required to maintain records under this part, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.
- Regulation
- 29 CFR Part 516 verified
- Regulator / programme
- DOL Wage and Hour (FLSA) our reading
- Record type
- basic employment and earnings records verified
- Retention period
- at least 2 years verified
- When the clock starts
- from the date of last entry verified
- Who it binds
- each employer required to maintain records under this part verified
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
( a ) Supplementary basic records: Each employer required to maintain records under this part shall preserve for a period of at least 2 years. ( 1 ) Basic employment and earnings records. From the date of last entry, all basic time and earning cards or sheets on which are entered the daily starting and stopping time of individual employees, or of separate work forces, or the amounts of work accomplished by individual employees on a daily, weekly, or pay period basis (for example, units produced) when those amounts determine in whole or in part the pay period earnings or wages of those employees.
— ecfr.gov, retrieved 2026-08-11
Source
- ecfr.govhttps://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/part-516