Topic > EEOC V. Target Corporation Case Study

According to Mr. Armiger, in order to “protect applicants' privacy,” he admitted to throwing away all unqualified resumes, including plaintiffs' resumes. They also found that Target's record retention policy does not specify that, if a discrimination complaint has been filed, all personnel records must be retained until the case is concluded. Target's response to this claim has been to meet this requirement on a case-by-case basis and to advise its employees to retain records when a complaint is filed