US civil rights agency moves to end demographic data collection after 60 years

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) plans to end a 60-year-old requirement for companies to submit workforce demographic data, a decision supported by a Republican majority on the commission and criticized by civil rights groups. The proposal, which entered a 30-day public comment period, aims to eliminate the annual EEO-1 form that tracks gender, race, and job category data for employers with 100 or more workers.