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As announced, as the 2022 NILG National Conference was coming to a close, EEOC released the long-awaited National Academy of Sciences report on the EEOC’s Pay Data Collection Completed in 2020. The study, titled Evaluation of Compensation Data Collected Through the EEO-1 Form, is a dense read at over 275 pages.
The…
In November 2019, OFCCP announced it would not “request, accept or use” Component 2 pay data submitted by employers as part of EEOC’s previous pay data collection reporting obligation. OFCCP’s notice followed on the heels of EEOC’s notice that it would not be seeking renewal of approval to collect pay data beyond 2017 and 2018.…
On the heels of a successful first day of the 2021 ILG National Conference, attendees were treated to an in-person morning keynote speech from Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Chair Charlotte Burrows to kick-off the second day of the conference.
Chair Burrows recognized in her opening remarks the current challenges facing our nation can sometimes…
While it feels like we just finished the EEO-1 reporting season, the time is here again to start preparing for filing of the “traditional” annual EEO-1 survey. As it has for years, EEOC will again this year look to collect race and gender data from eligible employers. Component 1 of the EEO-1 (not to be…
EEOC has filed another Motion with the court seeking an Order deeming Component 2 pay data collection complete. In its most recent filing, EEOC requests the Court to revisit its previous decision and deem the collection obligation satisfied or, in the alternative, provide clarification “regarding the response rate at which the Court will deem the…
Via Federal Register notice, OFCCP has officially stated the Agency
will not request, accept, or use Component 2 data, as it does not expect to find significant utility in the data given limited resources and its aggregated nature, but it will continue to receive EEO-1 Component 1 data.
The notice is a welcomed confirmation…
To provide another opportunity to receive input on the Agency’s proposed revisions to the EEO-1 report, EEOC has scheduled a public hearing on the matter for November 20, 2019. The notice comes as EEOC has been ordered to continue with collection of Component 2 of the EEO-1 Report for 2017 and 2018 beyond expiration of…
Following the most recent Court Order, EEOC has provided the court with a current update as to its compliance with the Court’s Order that it continue to keep the EEO-1 Component 2 pay data reporting portal open. The Court has ordered the portal remain open until at least January 31, 2020 to allow additional…
Despite its request to close the pay data reporting portal, Judge Chutkan has ordered EEOC to continue to keep the EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data Reporting Portal open to allow more filers to submit their pay data. The Order states, despite the acknowledged expense, that EEOC
must continue to take all steps necessary to complete
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Since the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued its Recommendations to Strengthen the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ Oversight of Federal Contractors’ Nondiscrimination Compliance in July 2016, OFCCP has taken steps to implement its recommendations. And now, the GAO has issued a progress report evaluating OFCCP’s actions toward the 2016 recommendations.
The GAO’s progress…
