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EEOC votes to end annual employer race and sex reporting
The proposal would end EEO-1 reporting for companies with 100 or more employees starting with the next reporting cycle, while keeping federal rules requiring employers to “make and keep” related records.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has voted 2-1 to publish a proposed rule that would end EEO-1 reporting, the annual requirement that companies with 100 or more employees submit data on workers’ race and sex. The change would also eliminate similar reporting obligations for unions, state and local governments, and public schools, according to Insurance Journal.
The EEOC said the agency would still retain the ability to use required records to support civil rights enforcement, because the proposal would not remove a separate federal obligation for employers to “make and keep such records.” The EEOC and its state-level counterparts have historically relied on the EEO-1 information to investigate discrimination complaints and assess whether employers show patterns of discriminatory conduct, while the agency publishes aggregate data without identifying individual companies.
EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas, a Republican appointee, argued that sorting workers by race and sex can fuel discrimination, including against majority groups such as white people and men. In the same statement, she said the decision aligns with broader efforts to direct the agency’s resources toward policies the Trump administration says are unlawful.
The proposal now moves to a formal public comment period after Tuesday’s vote, and it could be finalized later this year. Commission member Kalpana Kotagal, the lone Democrat, voted against the move, saying ending data collection would hinder the agency’s work and weaken workplace civil rights protections. The annual reports are typically due on September 30.