Apparently it is the fourth time that is the charm, as California Senate Bill (SB) 973 has been signed into law after three prior attempts, including a 2017 veto by former Governor Jerry Brown (when current Governor Gavin Newsom was Lieutenant Governor). The law effectively resurrects the EEOC’s infamous, and now defunct, EEO-1 “Component 2” pay Continue Reading...
EEO-1 Component 2 Guidance
The EEOC has released much-anticipated guidance for the new EEO-1 “Component 2” compensation data reporting requirement in the form of “Frequently Asked Questions” (FAQs). Some of the guidance is surprising. For instance: Employers are not required to use the same snapshot population as they used when filing the corresponding Component 1 Continue Reading...
EEOC Officially Reinstates “Component 2” Reporting and Sets Deadlines
As anticipated, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing the “immediate reinstatement of the Revised EEO-1: Pay Data Collection,” commonly known as “Component 2.” EEOC’s initial announcement stated that the agency intends to collect 2018 pay data by September 30, 2019 (opening the Continue Reading...
EEO-1 “Component 2” Pay Data Reporting Starting to Show Signs of Life
As anyone responsible for EEO-1 reporting is well aware, the 2018 EEO-1 Survey is currently open and the 2018 reports are due by Friday, May 31, 2019. The 2018 reports were originally set to be due by March 31, 2019, but due to the government shutdown, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) had to push back the opening of the filing Continue Reading...
EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Obligation Update
The National Women’s Law Center and Democracy Forward, the pay equity advocacy group that sued the OMB and the EEOC for placing a stay on Component 2 of the EEO-1 filing, requested a hearing to provide an opportunity for the government “to explain its failure” to immediately reinstate the collection of pay data according to the court’s order. The Continue Reading...