EEOC proposes to end EEO-1 reporting

by Emily Scace, JD, Brightmine Senior Legal Editor

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sent a proposed rule to the White House that would end workforce demographic reporting requirements.

Currently, private employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors are required to file an Employer Information Report, more commonly known as the EEO-1 Report, each year using the EEOC’s online reporting portal. The EEO-1 report contains information about the sex, race and ethnicity composition of an employer’s workforce by job category.

Other categories of organizations, such as local unions, state and local governments and public school systems are subject to similar requirements known as EEO-3, EEO-4 and EEO-5.

The EEOC’s proposal would end all of these data collections, along with reporting requirements under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities (ADA), the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA).

The proposed rule has not yet been published in the Federal Register or opened for public comment.