In a recent announcement we learned that in April the EEOC will start to collect annual EEO-1 data from covered employers. Covered employers will have to file data for both 2019 and 2020, since the agency did not collect the 2019 data last year due to COVID-19. The EEO-1 requires employers to report on the racial/ethnic and gender composition of their workforce by specific job categories, referred to as component 1 data.
Under federal law, businesses with at least 100 employees and some federal contractors must file the EEO-1 form each year. The EEOC uses information about the number of women and minorities companies employ to support civil rights enforcement and analyze empl...