Update Applicable to:

All employers with 100 or more U.S. employees and federal contractors with at least 50 U.S. employees.

What happened?

The EEOC has announced that the long-delayed 2022 EEO-1 reporting period will finally open on October 31, 2023. The deadline for filing will be December 5, 2023.

What are the details?

The report for 2022 will need to rely on a workforce payroll snapshot captured between October 1 and December 31, 2022.

According to the EEOC, the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 Instruction Booklet can now be accessed through the following link: Instruction Booklet.

All information regarding the updates for the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection, including the revised 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 Data File Upload Specifications, will be made available on www.eeocdata.org/eeo1 as soon as they are released. The EEOC has scheduled the posting of the updated 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 Data File Upload Specifications for filers on Wednesday, September 13, 2023. The EEO helpdesk will open on October 31, 2023.

For more information, please see the links below:

EEOC Announcement

EEO-1 Reporting Page

Law Firm Article 1, Article 2

What do employers need to do?

Employers have the responsibility of collecting the necessary data required for the completion of the EEO-1 Report. To accomplish this, it is essential to offer your workforce the opportunity to voluntarily disclose their gender and race/ethnicity information. In cases where employees choose not to self-identify, previous guidance from the agency suggests conducting visual identification of employees’ race/ethnicity or referring to other credible employment documents (excluding I-9s). In preparation for the reporting process, it is advisable to review past EEO-1 report submissions and guidance to identify the specific information you will need to gather when the reporting portal becomes accessible.

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