In 2020 the U.S. Supreme Court tied itself in knots to avoid adopting the longstanding EEOC position that discrimination against LGBTQI+ individuals is sex discrimination under federal law, specifically Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Instead, the Court held that sexual orientation and gender identity are not characteristics protected by Title Continue Reading...
“FINAL” EEO-1 Filing Deadline Announced
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that the EEO-1 filing deadline has been extended yet again, apparently because it is perpetually March of 2020. This time, however, they say they mean it. The new filing deadline to submit and certify your 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 reports is now Monday, October 25, 2021. “No Continue Reading...
Gearing Up: EEOC Launches New EEO-1 Website
Soon remembering what a “normal” EEO-1 filing season is like will become the mark of a seasoned veteran in the EEO/AA industry. From the rise and fall of “Component 2” compensation data reporting to delays due to the coronavirus pandemic, EEO-1 reporting has been modified, filing dates changed, modified again, and delayed several times. But it Continue Reading...
EEOC is Soliciting Public Comment on Updates to Conciliation Procedures
Recent federal court cases, most notably the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Mach Mining, LLC v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, have prompted the EEOC to issue a new rulemaking to update the agency’s 43 year old conciliation practices. The proposed rulemaking would commit the EEOC to providing respondents with: A summary of the facts Continue Reading...
2019 EEO-1 Data Collection Delayed Until 2021
Citing the pandemic, the EEOC has announced that employers will not be required to file their 2019 EEO-1 reports until March, 2021. In other words, there will be no EEO-1 filing this year. However, the EEOC is not skipping the 2019 reporting cycle—they are significantly delaying it. Where are we today? EEO-1 filing deadlines have become Continue Reading...