Compliance Stuff

Window closes June 24 – and don’t expect an extension.   The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission  announced  the opening of the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection. Covered employers have until June 24, 2025, to submit their EEO-1 Reports. The announcement from the EEOC includes a message from Acting Chair Andrea Lucas. In addition to reminding employers of the general prohibition against discrimination based on protected characteristics, Ms. Lucas notes that President Trump’s Executive Order titled “ Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy ” deprioritizes the EEOC’s enforcement of cases involving disparate impact discrimination. The disparate impact theory, which is codified in Title VII and other anti-discrimination statutes, provides that facially neutral policies can be discriminatory if they disproportionately affect individuals of a certain race or sex.  Instead, Ms. Lucas announced that under her leadership, the EEOC will “prioritize reme...

And eight FAQs about preparing your data.   According to  documents recently filed  with the Office of Management and Budget, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is moving forward with the collection of 2024 employment data. The tentative filing period for 2024 EEO-1 Reports will begin on  May 20  and close at 11 p.m. Eastern on  June 24 . The EEOC notes in the proposed  Instruction Booklet  for 2024 that the final dates will be posted on its website. Employers “are strongly advised” to check  the site  for updates regarding the filing cycle as well as the data collection itself. Not surprisingly, the EEOC is requesting the OMB to approve a “non-substantive” change to the filing process to comply with Executive Order 14168,  Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Trust to the Federal Government . This Executive Order requires that any federal form seeking an individual’s sex will not req...