On July 21, 2026, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to rescind federal equal employment opportunity (EEO) data reporting requirements, including employers’ long-standing requirements to report workforce demographic data by job category, sex, and race or ethnicity.
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The EEOC has proposed rescinding federal EEO reporting requirements, including mandatory annual EEO-1 filings.
As of the publication date of this article, the proposed rule has not yet been formally published in the Federal Register and remains subject to public comment.
Current reporting obligations remain in effect unless and until the EEOC issues a final rule; the EEOC would retain authority to seek relevant records during investigations.
The NPRM, titled, “Removal of Reporting Requirements,” seeks to rescind and remove the requirements to file EEO reports, specifically the filing of EEO-1, EEO-2, EEO-3, EEO-4, EEO-5, and EEO-6 reports and… Read the complete article here...
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