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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEO-1 Filers Should Check Historical Reports in Wake of Recent Database Display Error

A contractor that administers the annual Employer Information (EEO-1) Report for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is advising that historical EEO-1 Reports from 2015 through 2021 that were downloaded in conjunction with the current EEO-1 filing cycle might have displayed incorrect data. According to the contractor, historic reports accessed in the OFS [Online Filing System] between October 31...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

DOL Seeking Routine Three-Year Extension of Current VETS-4212 Report

The Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) announced November 28, 2023, that it will ask the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to allow it to keep using the current version of the Federal Contractor Veterans’ Employment Report (VETS-4212) for three more years. Covered federal contractors must file the report with VETS annually. Public comments...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Distilling EEOC’s Posted Guidance Regarding This Year’s EEO-1 Filing Season

As the online portal for filing the 2022 Component 1 Employer Information (EEO-1) Reports opened last week, the changes made this year by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to the EEO-1 filing procedures have generated many questions from filers. The EEOC responded by posting 93 pages of FAQs on its EEO-1 website, designated as Volume 2 and Volume 3. The guidance itself has...
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Category: Disclosure/Reporting

Reminder: Employers Must Start Using New I-9 Form by November 1

Employers must begin using the new Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9) form for all new hires and reverifications by November 1, 2023. The new Form I-9 is marked “Edition 08/01/23” and displays an expiration date of 07/31/2026. It is available for download on the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification webpage. The new I-9 does not alter an employer’s substantive responsibilities...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

2022 EEO-1 Filing Season Update

As the season approaches for filing the 2022 “Component 1” Employer Information (EEO-1) Reports with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), some questions about filing procedures remain unanswered, particularly for online filers. The EEOC has made several significant changes to the filing process, especially for filers using the popular “Data File Upload” option. Last week, representatives from EEOC’s Office of...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

SEC Advisory Group Recommends Expanded Human Capital Disclosures

An advisory committee has recommended that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) expand the amount of information that covered companies must publicly disclose about their human capital. The 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform law created the committee to make nonbinding recommendations to the SEC on regulatory priorities. It suggested that the SEC require covered employers to disclose information on their...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Revamps EEO-1 Filing Process, Filing Season for 2022 Reports Opens on October 31

The filing season for 2022 “Component 1” EEO-1 reports will run from October 31 to December 5, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced. The agency also revealed that there will be significant changes to the filing process as it updates its EEO-1 website. It has revamped the Instruction Booklet and Data File Upload Specifications, with implications for employers that...

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