2022 EEO-1 Reporting – Hang Tight For Now

Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, private sector employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors with 50 or more employees are required to provide demographic information of their workforces—otherwise known as EEO-1 Component 1 reporting. This includes data such as sex, race, ethnicity, and job categories.

The 2022 reporting period has been delayed. It is currently scheduled to open in the fall of 2023—with no date set in stone.

The EEOC is in the process of doing a three-year renewal of EEO-1 Component 1 reporting with the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") which is required by the Paperwork Reduction Act. While the Biden administration has expressed support for collecting compensation data with the EEO-1 report, EEOC has made clear on the EEO-1 Component 1 page that it is not making changes to the EEO-1 Component 1 data collection categories. Rather, EEOC is seeking to update how the data is collected from employers and to