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ARTICLE · 28 MAY 2026

EEOC Proposes To End EEO-1 Reporting

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has submitted a proposed rule that would eliminate the decades-old EEO-1 reporting requirement for large employers, along with similar mandates for unions...

United StatesEmployment and HR

For several decades, private employers with 100 or more employees and certain federal contractors have been required to annually file the EEO-1 report. The EEO-1 report collected information about the race/ ethnicity and sex of large employers’ workforces at each location by job category. Similar reporting requirements exist for labor unions (the EEO-3), state and local governments (the EEO-4) and public and secondary school systems (the EEO-5). On May 14, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted a proposed rule to a division within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that would end the EEO-1 and other reporting mandates. This development comes at a time when employers have been waiting for the annual EEO-1 reporting portal to open for the 2026 filing cycle.

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