The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced that it will extend the deadline of the EEO-1 reporting to June 21, 2022, for late filers. Although the deadline is still May 17, 2022, it allows some breathing room for professionals who are struggling to meet the deadline. There was a large pushback by Employers because there was a shortened reporting period. The EEOC stated that there would be no other extensions

In addition to providing the update on the portal opening and reporting deadline, the most recent update announced EEOC’s discontinuation of the Type 6 Establishment Report for employers who have establishments with fewer than 50 employees.  Instead, employers will now be required to use the Type 8 report.  Citing the Agency’s continuing efforts of “modernization” and work to improve the quality of data.

EEOC has already announced one change for the 2021 report.  EEOC will discontinue the EEO-1 Component 1 Type 6 Establishment List Report for establishments with fewer than 50 employees.  These establishments must now use the Type 8 Establishment Report for the 2021 filing cycle.

Why Should You attend: 

Covered employers are encouraged to confirm that all employees have had the opportunity to voluntarily self-identify their gender, ethnicity and race.  If employees who have not responded to this voluntary invitation, employers may re-extend the invitation and/or rely on employment documents such as an I-9 or visual observation.  If an employer needs to rely on visual observation, it will be easier to gather this information now rather than waiting until April 2022.

EEO-1 Reporting Obligation

Businesses with 100 or more employees and some federal contractors with at least 50 employees must submit an annual EEO-1 form, which asks for information from the previous year about the number of employees who worked for the business, sorted by job category, race, ethnicity and gender.

Areas Covered:

• Learn what Employers can do if they don’t meet the original reporting deadline
• Why did the EEOC decide to extend the deadline to June 21, 2022
• Learn what updates were added after the April 12, 2022, portal opened
• Learn what best practices can make filing the EEO-1 report more effective
• Learn what process was eliminated from the EEO-1 reporting and how this will impact Employers and professionals
• Step-by-step basics of filing the form
• Understand the race, ethnicity, job categories
• Learn about the dilemma for Employers when reporting non-binary employees
• How to comply with confidentiality requirements
• Take a step by step overview of the new Online Reporting System
• Best practice on how to align job categories with job titles
• Learn how to maximize the EEO-1 Data Collection Fact sheets and other resources
• What federal contractors can't ignore
• The best way to steer clear of penalties for noncompliance
• Collecting employee information when your organization has multiple employment locations 
• What are the penalties if the EEO-1 report is not filed by the deadline
• How will the EEOC and the OFCCP enforce violations for missed deadlines

Who Should Attend:

• All Employers required to complete the EEO-1 reporting.
• Business Owners.
• Company Leadership.
• Compliance professionals.