The EEO-1 Report is a compliance survey mandated by federal statute and regulations, which historically has been due on September 30th. The survey requires company employment data to be categorized by race/ethnicity, gender and job category.

Private employers who are subject to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended by the Equal Employment Opportunity act of 1972) are required to file an EEO-1 Report if the following conditions exist:

• the company employs 100 or more employees; or
• the company is owned or affiliated with another company, or there is centralized ownership, control or management so that the group legally constitutes a single enterprise, and the entire enterprise employs a total of 100 or more employees; or
• the company is a Federal contractor who has 50 or more employees; and
  • is a prime contractor or first-tier subcontractor, and has a contract, subcontract, or purchase order amounting to $50,000 or more ; or
  • serves as a depository of Government funds in any amount; or
  • is a financial institution which is an issuing and paying agent for U.S. Savings Bonds and Notes.

Traditionally, this report was due on September 30th of each year. However, on September 29, 2016, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published an updated EEO-1 reporting form, which was going to require covered employers to provide employee pay data (based on employee W-2 data) beginning in March 2018.

Subsequently, on August 29, 2017, the EEOC announced the new compensation reporting requirements for employers will not go into effect as planned. According to the EEOC, the White House’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has initiated “a review and immediate stay of the effectiveness of the pay data collection aspects” of the commission’s EEO-1 form.

The 2017 EEO-1 form is due March 31, 2018. For more information on the new form or this process contact our office. As always, our consultants are available to assist in preparing and/or submitting your report.