On September 11, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission (EEOC) announced a new notice of information collection regarding the
Employer Information Report (EEO-1). Through the 60-day notice, the
EEOC is seeking authorization to continue collecting EEO-1
Component 1 data for another three years. The notice, does not,
however, request authorization for the collection of Component 2 data. The new notice also does not
affect employers' obligations to report 2017 and 2018 Component
2 data by the deadline of September 30, 2019.
The 60-day notice invites the public to comment on the proposal
to continue collecting Component 1 data, which the EEOC has been
collecting since 1966 pursuant to its requirement on employers to
report employee data by job category, ethnicity, race, and sex. The
EEOC made its first request for authorization from the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to collect Component 2 data in
2016.
