On May 29, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (the “EEOC”) announced it filed suit against 15 employers in 10 states across various industries for allegedly failing to submit mandatory EEO-1 Component 1 data reports for 2021 and 2022
Federal law requires employers with 100 or more employees to submit workforce data to the EEOC. The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory annual data collection that requires all private sector employers with 100 or more employees to submit workforce demographic data, including data by job category and sex, race, or ethnicity, to the EEOC.
In these lawsuits, the EEOC is asking the courts to order the employers to submit their allegedly past-due reports and to submit their reports in a timely manner in the future. Additionally, the EEOC seeks to have the courts award its court costs and provide “such further relief as the Court deems necessary and proper in the public interest.”
The deadline for employers to submit Component 1 data for 2023 is June 4. If this deadline is missed, there is a grace period that ends on July 9. The EEOC will not accept any submissions after the grace period ends.
MNK Law will continue to monitor any further developments with the recent EEOC lawsuits. For more information or guidance with filing your EEO-1s, please contact us at info@mnklawyers.com.
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