The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that it is tentatively scheduled to begin accepting EEO-1 reports for 2021 via its portal on April 12, 2022 and the deadline for submitting an EEO-1 report for 2021 is June 1, 2022.
The Details:
The EEO-1 is a report through which covered employers must submit demographic workforce data, including data by race/ethnicity, sex, and job categories, to the EEOC. An EEO-1 report is required for:
- All private sector employers with 100 or more employees.
- Federal contractors with 50 or more employees and contracts of $50,000 or more.
Changes for 2021 EEO-1 Reports:
The EEOC is discontinuing the EEO-1 Type 6 Report for reporting establishments with fewer than 50 employees (for multi-establishment employers). Impacted employers should use the Type 8 Report instead. In the past, multi-establishment employers were permitted to submit either a Type 8 Report or a Type 6 Report for an establishment with fewer than 50 employees.
The fileable report available to you will not include a Type 6 report.
The EEOC is also implementing new procedures for the reporting of client employer data by Professional Employer Organizations (PEOs), Administrative Services Organizations (ASOs), Human Resource Outsourcing organizations (HROs), and similar organizations that choose to file on behalf of eligible client employers under third-party agreements. Details on these changes can be found here.
Next Steps:
If you are covered by the EEO-1 requirement:
- Ensure that your employees have all the following information:
° Gender
° Ethnicity/Race
° EEOC Job Classification
° EEO Establishment
- Monitor the reporting portal for updates, instructions, and resource materials from the EEOC.
- Prepare to submit your EEO-1 by the deadline (tentatively June 21, 2022).