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Recordkeeping requirements

North Carolina law does not give non-government employees the right to access or review their personnel records.

Unfortunately, there is no single requirement for the period of time that employers must retain the numerous employment-related records that are created. Different laws impose different retention periods, at times for the very same record. Accordingly, the record retention requirements that the company must follow will depend on the particular law and whether the company is covered by that law.

Set forth in the following chart are select federal and North Carolina laws that impose record retention requirements, the employers covered by the law, the type of record covered and the required retention period.

FLSA - Fair Labor Standards Act

Type of Records	Retention Period	Coverage
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