Recordkeeping
QUESTION: How long should applications of people you did not interview be retained? What about for candidates you did interview but not hire? What about EEO Self Identification forms?
FROM: MAGGIE
INDUSTRY: NON-PROFIT
RESPONSE:
Maggie,
If you receive funding coming from the Federal government, you should keep applications and the self-identification forms for a year.
If not, you can keep them for as little as three months. However, with the statute of limitations on the filing of discrimination charges being up to one year, depending upon whether a charge is filed with a state or Federal agency, it is prudent to keep the applications and the self-identification forms for a year.
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