There are a number of federal and state laws that prohibit discrimination because of age, race, color, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, and pregnancy. Several Maryland laws prohibit retaliation against an employee who has disclosed wrongdoing by an employer.
Six Key Steps to Developing a Record Retention Policy STEP 1: Identify Types of Records & Media. STEP 2: Identify Business Needs for Records & Appropriate Retention Periods. STEP 3: Addressing Creation, Distribution, Storage & Retrieval of Documents. STEP 4: Destruction of Documents. STEP 5: Documentation & Implementation.
Determine Document Retention Periods The first step is to create a list of all records that need to be purged. This list should include the type of record, the date it was created, the retention date, and any other relevant information. Then, decide on a regular schedule for purging the records.
Most lawyers, accountants and bookkeeping services recommend keeping original documents for at least seven years. As a rule of thumb, seven years is sufficient time for defending tax audits, lawsuits and potential claims.
Most jurisdictions have rules requiring the attorney to maintain records pertaining to their trust accounts and to other client "property" for a specified period after representation ends. For example, in Maryland and the District of Columbia, one must maintain such records for five years.
Record-keeping requirements and SEC investigations For example, Section 17(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 17a-4 require broker-dealers to preserve communications relating to their business for at least three years and to provide those documents to the SEC upon request.
By Section 13A of the Wages Act, employee records should be kept for three years after the last payroll entry in India. In the US, companies retain personnel data for a year. However, payroll records are required to be kept for three years under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
(a) An employing unit shall keep employment records safe and readily accessible at the place of business of the employing unit. The records shall be retained and preserved for a period of 5 years from the last day of the calendar quarter to which the records relate.
Assign retention labels and archive policies Go to the Microsoft 365 sign-in page. In the message list or the folder pane, right-click the message or folder that you want to assign a policy to, then select Assign policy. Select the retention label or archive policy you want to assign to the message or folder.
On the Data lifecycle management page, click the Retention policies tab, then click New retention policy. In the Name field, give your new retention policy a descriptive name. Choose the type of retention policy: adaptive or static. Decide if you want to retain content, delete it, or both.