[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 29, Volume 4]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 29CFR1602.28]

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                             TITLE 29--LABOR
 
                               COMMISSION
 
PART 1602--RECORDKEEPING AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER TITLE VII AND THE 
ADA--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart G--Recordkeeping by Labor Organizations
 
Sec. 1602.28  Preservation of records made or kept.

    (a) All records made by a labor organization or its agent solely for 
the purpose of completing Report EEO-3 shall be preserved for a period 
of 1 year from the due date of the report for which they were compiled. 
Any labor organization identified as a ``referral union'' in the 
instructions accompanying Report EEO-3, or agent thereto, shall preserve 
other membership or referral records (including applications for same) 
made or kept by it for a period of 1 year from the date of the making of 
the record. Where a charge of discrimination has been filed, or an 
action brought by the Commission or the Attorney General, against a 
labor organization under title VII or the ADA, the

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respondent labor organization shall preserve all records relevant to the 
charge or action until final disposition of the charge or the action. 
The date of ``final disposition of the charge or the action'' means the 
date of expiration of the statutory period within which the aggrieved 
person may bring an action in a U.S. District Court or, where an action 
is brought against a labor organization either by the Commission, the 
aggrieved person, or by the Attorney General, the date on which such 
litigation is terminated.
    (b) Nothing herein shall relieve any labor organization covered by 
title VII of the obligations set forth in subpart E, Secs. 1602.20 and 
1602.21, relating to the establishment and maintenance of a list of 
applicants wishing to participate in an apprenticeship program 
controlled by it.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 
3046-0040)

[37 FR 9220, May 6, 1972, as amended at 46 FR 63268, Dec. 31, 1981; 56 
FR 35755, July 26, 1991]