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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Federal Court Tells OFCCP To Disclose Consolidated EEO-1 Data, Despite Contractor Objections

A federal district court in California has ordered the Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to turn over federal contractors’ EEO-1 “Type 2” consolidated data in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request filed by the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR), a California-based public interest group. After giving contractors time to object, in April 2023, OFCCP...
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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

OMB Extends Approval of Current EEO-1 “Component 1” Form Through 2026

The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has modified its prior one-year approval of a request from the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to extend “Component 1” of the annual Employer Information (EEO-1) Report for an additional two years, until November 30, 2026. Earlier this year, OMB approved continued use of the Component 1 EEO-1 through August...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Files “Declaration” Supporting DOL in Ongoing EEO-1 FOIA Litigation

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, filed a declaration with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California supporting the objection of the Department of Labor (DOL) to releasing EEO-1 data for which federal contractors claim an exemption under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). In response to a request from the Center...
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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: 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

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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Category: EEO-1

EEOC Confirms Delay in 2022 EEO-1 Filing Season Until Fall of 2023

The 2022 Component 1 Employer Information (EEO-1) reporting season will not begin until sometime this fall, according to an announcement on the website of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The annual EEO-1 filing season normally occurs during the second quarter, but the EEOC is delaying it while it awaits approval from the White House Office of Management and Budget...
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Category: Compensation

EEOC Asks OMB to Approve Three-Year Extension of EEO-1 Component 1 Data Reporting

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is seeking approval from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to continue using a slightly modified version of the Component 1 EEO-1 Report for another three years. If approved by OMB as expected, the slightly revised EEO-1 will go into effect for reports filed through 2025. The Center for Workplace Compliance...
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Category: EEO-1

OFCCP Publicly Releases 2016-2020 EEO-1 Data Reported by Over 19,000 Federal Contractors

The Labor Department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has begun releasing the 2016-2020 consolidated Type 2 Employer Information (EEO-1) Report data of 19,400 federal contractors and subcontractors that did not file a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) objection to the release of their data. OFCCP’s action is in response to a FOIA request filed last year by the...

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