(a) Supplementary basic records: Each employer required to maintain records under this part shall preserve for a period of at least 2 years.
(1) Basic employment and earnings records. From the date of last entry, all basic time and earning cards or sheets on which are entered the daily starting and stopping time of individual employees, or of separate work forces, or the amounts of work accomplished by individual employees on a daily, weekly, or pay period basis (for example, units produced) when those amounts determine in whole or in part the pay period earnings or wages of those employees.
(2) Wage rate tables. From their last effective date, all tables or schedules of the employer which provide the piece rates or other rates used in computing straight-time earnings, wages, or salary, or overtime pay computation.
(b) Order, shipping, and billing records: From the last date of entry, the originals or true copies of all customer orders or invoices received, incoming or outgoing shipping or delivery records, as well as all bills of lading and all billings to customers (not including individual sales slips, cash register tapes or the like) which the employer retains or makes in the usual course of business operations.
(c) Records of additions to or deductions from wages paid:
(1) Those records relating to individual employees referred to in § 516.2(a)(10) and
(2) All records used by the employer in determining the original cost, operating and maintenance cost, and depreciation and interest charges, if such costs and charges are involved in the additions to or deductions from wages paid.
Notes of Decisions
Rabenstein v. Sealift, Inc., 18 F. Supp. 3d 343 (E.D.N.Y 2014).
· cites it 2× “The more applicable regulation is 29 C.F.R. § 516.6 , which requires employers to retain "basic employment and earning records” which include the “daily starting and stopping time of *362 individual employees.”
Chao v. Vidtape, Inc., 196 F. Supp. 2d 281 (E.D.N.Y 2002).
“See 29 C.F.R. 516.6(a)(1). Trial testimony established that Mohinder directed bookkeeper Hardeep Anand to dispose of the employees’ time cards after she issued the employees’ checks.”
Escobedo v. Dynasty Insulation, Inc., 694 F. Supp. 2d 638 (W.D. Tex. 2010).
“See 29 C.F.R. § 516.6 (a)-(a)(l). However, Plaintiffs must first introduce evidence that they worked during the applicable time period.”
Williams v. Tri-Cnty. Growers, Inc., 747 F.2d 121 (3rd Cir. 1984).
“” 29 C.F.R. § 516.6 (a)(1). The purpose of these regulations is to insure that each employee at least receives the minimum wage rate for each hour worked.”
Reich v. Cole Enter., Inc., 901 F. Supp. 255 (S.D. Ohio 1993).
“The Defendants violated 29 C.F.R. § 516.6 in that they did not maintain and preserve the following records for at least two years: all basic time and earning cards or sheets on which are entered the daily starting and stopping time of individual employees, or of separate work…”
Donovan v. Grantham, 690 F.2d 453 (5th Cir. 1982).
“Grantham challenges the validity of calculations for three years of wages based on only three weekly assignment sheets.”
Hodgson v. A. W. Crossley, Inc., 365 F. Supp. 1131 (S.D.N.Y. 1973).
“29 C.F.R. § 516.6 (a)(1) (1972), or any other form of informal record by which a small business might elect to keep track of such facts as time signed in and out, hours worked or individual earnings.”
Mitchell v. Fiore, 470 F.2d 1149 (3rd Cir. 1972).
“There was uncontradicted evidence that defendant, upon being approached by Labor Department compliance officer McFeele, had retained these slips for only the previous three months, not for the requisite two years, see 29 C.F.R. 516.6(a)(1) (1972). The Government also introduced…”
James P. Mitchell, Sec'y of Labor, United States Dept. Of Labor v. William Fiore, Ind. & D/B/A Fiore Trucking Co. & William Fiore Contracting Co., the United States v. In Re William Fiore, Individually & Doing Bus. as Fiore Trucking & William Fiore Contracting Co., 470 F.2d 1149 (3rd Cir. 1972).
“There was uncontradicted evidence that defendant, upon being approached by Labor Department compliance officer McFeele, had retained these slips for only the previous three months, not for the requisite two years, see 29 C.F.R. 516.6(a)(1) (1972). The Government also introduced…”
Stewart v. Innovative Design & Dev. LLC (D.N.J. 2023).
· cites it 2× “2 (a)(7); see also 29 C.F.R. § 516.6 (a)(1) (requiring employers to preserve records containing “the daily starting and stopping time of individual employees”).”
Teran v. Lawn Enf't (W.D. Tenn. 2025).
· cites it 2× “) Thus, Defendants maintain that they have complied with the requirements of 29 C.F.R. § 516.6 , which mandates that employers subject to the FLSA preserve time and earnings records for at least two years.”
Donovan v. Grantham, 690 F.2d 453 (5th Cir. 1982).
“Grantham admitted, however, that he routinely threw the sheets away in violation of Department regulations, 29 C.F.R. 516.6(a)(1) (1981), of which he was well aware.”
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Chao v. Vidtape, Inc., 196 F. Supp. 2d 281 (E.D.N.Y 2002).
“See 29 C.F.R. 516.6(a)(1). Trial testimony established that Mohinder directed bookkeeper Hardeep Anand to dispose of the employees’ time cards after she issued the employees’ checks.”
Donovan v. Grantham, 690 F.2d 453 (5th Cir. 1982).
“Grantham challenges the validity of calculations for three years of wages based on only three weekly assignment sheets.”
Mitchell v. Fiore, 470 F.2d 1149 (3rd Cir. 1972).
“There was uncontradicted evidence that defendant, upon being approached by Labor Department compliance officer McFeele, had retained these slips for only the previous three months, not for the requisite two years, see 29 C.F.R. 516.6(a)(1) (1972). The Government also introduced…”
James P. Mitchell, Sec'y of Labor, United States Dept. Of Labor v. William Fiore, Ind. & D/B/A Fiore Trucking Co. & William Fiore Contracting Co., the United States v. In Re William Fiore, Individually & Doing Bus. as Fiore Trucking & William Fiore Contracting Co., 470 F.2d 1149 (3rd Cir. 1972).
“There was uncontradicted evidence that defendant, upon being approached by Labor Department compliance officer McFeele, had retained these slips for only the previous three months, not for the requisite two years, see 29 C.F.R. 516.6(a)(1) (1972). The Government also introduced…”
Donovan v. Grantham, 690 F.2d 453 (5th Cir. 1982).
“Grantham admitted, however, that he routinely threw the sheets away in violation of Department regulations, 29 C.F.R. 516.6(a)(1) (1981), of which he was well aware.”
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