EEO-1

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted 2-1 to end a 60-year-old requirement for employers to submit workforce demographic data, citing concerns about potential discrimination risks. Critics argue the move will hinder efforts to track workplace discrimination patterns and enforce civil rights laws.

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.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) plans to end a 60-year-old requirement for companies to submit workforce demographic data, citing concerns about potential discrimination. The Republican-majority EEOC voted 2-1 to rescind the rule, which has been used to track employment patterns and enforce anti-discrimination laws since 1966.