The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission launched its annual EEO-1 data collection process on April 12, 2022. Normally, annual reports are due by March 31st of each year. However, data collection for 2019, 2020, and 2021 have been delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Covered employers must now file their 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 Reports by May 17, 2022.
What Is the EEO-1 Component 1 Report?
U.S. employers with at least 100 employees and some smaller companies with federal government contracts must file demographic data each year. The EEO-1 Component 1 Report identifies the number of employees by job categories and demographic characteristics.
The EEO-1 job categories are:
- Executive/Senior Level Officials and Managers
- First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers
- Professionals
- Technicians
- Sales Workers
- Administrative Support Workers
- Craft Workers
- Operatives
- Laborers and Helpers
- Service Workers
Within these job categories, employers must provide the number of employees based on sex and race/ethnicity from among these options:
- Hispanic or Latino
- White
- Black or African American
- Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
- Asian
- Native American or Alaska Native
- Two or more races
New EEO-1 Filing Process
The EEOC indicates that it has made the filing process “more user-friendly.” Specifically, it notes that it has streamlined functions, including additional self-service options and a new Filer Support Team Message Center.
According to the EEOC:
The new Message Center allows filers to submit their requests for assistance to the Filer Support Team within the EEO-1 Component 1 Online Filing System, as well as update requests with new information, terminate requests, and track the status of requests. It also provides filers with more self-service referencing capabilities to quickly connect to relevant materials addressing their issues. With the implementation of this new tool, all filer inquiries regarding the 2021 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection must be submitted through the Filer Support Team Message Center.
Click here to go to the EEOC’s Data Collection portal.
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