Posts Tagged ‘EEO-1 Component 2’
Pay Data Reporting Key To Ending Pay Discrimination
For the 2017 and 2018 reporting years, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) expanded EEO-1 reporting for employers by introducing the collection of employee pay data. Known as EEO-1 Component 2, the EEOC’s short-lived pay data reporting requirements demonstrated significant value in identifying and resolving pay discrimination in the workplace. This was recently confirmed in…
Read MoreFederal Agencies Kick-off HIRE Program to Promote DEI&A
Today, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP ) launched their partnership program to ensure workplace equity – the Hiring Initiative to Reimagine Equity (HIRE). According to the official fact sheet, “HIRE is a multi-year collaborative effort chaired by EEOC Chair Charlotte A. Burrows and OFCCP Director Jenny…
Read MoreOFCCP Confirms It Will Leverage EEO-1 Component 2 Pay Data
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently announced that effective immediately, it would be using EEO-1 Component 2 pay data for enforcement. This is a complete departure from the agency’s previous statements. In the official notice, the OFCCP states that its original decision to not leverage the Component 2 Pay Data “was premature…
Read MoreEmployers: EEO-1 Reporting Portal Scheduled to Open in April
There’s important news for employers concerned with advancing their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced that collections of 2019 and 2020 EEO-1 Component 1 Data, postponed in 2020 due to the Covid-19 crisis, will begin in April 2021. Some background: As part of its efforts to…
Read MoreHow Employers Can Turn Pay Data Reporting into a Better Business
From Risk to Opportunity: How Employers Can Turn Pay Data Reporting into a Better Business Workforce data is the fuel that powers engines of innovation and growth in the 21st century. Just as crude oil must be distilled in order to make gasoline, workforce data must be wrangled, segmented, and cleaned in order to maximize…
Read MoreDFEH Adds New Guidance for SB 973 Reporting Due on March 31
3 minute read California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently released additional FAQs to assist employers in submitting pay data reporting under SB 973 to the DFEH. Under SB 973, beginning this year, private employers with at least 100 employees and required to file an annual Employer Information Report (EEO-1) are required to…
Read MoreSPECIAL REPORT: Governor Gavin Newsom Signs Senate Bill 973 into Law
3 minute read On September 30, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 973 (“SB 973”) into law. The new bill is positioned to have far-reaching implications for pay equity and pay data reporting both in California and beyond. With last year’s announcement by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) that it will…
Read MoreMore Governments are Encouraging Pay Equity Through Transparency
Effective April 2017, the United Kingdom set a global example on the issue of pay equity by requiring organizations to publish 12-month snapshots online accounting for their gender pay gaps. The pay data reports are publicly accessible online. One critical idea underlying the pay data reporting obligations in the UK is that transparency serves to…
Read MoreEEO-1 Pay Data Reporting Deadline Extended
Employers who did not submit their EEO-1 snapshots for pay data reporting for the 2017 and 2018 tax years by September 30, 2019, are not off the hook. The deadline has been extended to January 31, 2020, in a ruling by a Washington D.C federal judge on October 29, 2019. In April, Judge Tanya S.…
Read MorePay Data Reporting is Not Going Away
The business world shook when EEO-1 pay data reporting was reinstated by a federal district court in Washington, D.C. earlier this year. Employers with 100 or more employees now have until September 30, 2019, to file wages-paid and hours-worked data for 2017 and 2018, respectively, in addition to other employee demographic data (known collectively as…
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