# the personnel records of the individual terminated — How long federal regulations require records to be kept: retention periods, what starts the clock, and who they bind

For the personnel records of the individual terminated, regulation is 29 CFR 1602.14; regulator / programme is EEOC; retention period is a period of one year; when the clock starts is from the date of termination; who it binds is the employer, in the case of involuntary termination of an employee, recorded from its source on 2026-08-11.

- **Regulation:** 29 CFR 1602.14 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Regulator / programme:** EEOC _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Record type:** the personnel records of the individual terminated _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Retention period:** a period of one year _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **When the clock starts:** from the date of termination _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Who it binds:** the employer, in the case of involuntary termination of an employee

## What the source says

> 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.

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/subtitle-B/chapter-XIV/part-1602/subpart-C/section-1602.14

Last verified: 2026-08-11. Review by: 2027-08-11.
Part of [How long federal regulations require records to be kept: retention periods, what starts the clock, and who they bind](https://referencesource.org/record-retention-periods-federal/).