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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Comments On Proposed EEO-1 Rescission Due August 24, 2026

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has formally published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, “Removal of Reporting Requirements,” that aims to rescind employers’ obligation to file the annual Employer Information (EEO-1) Report. The EEOC announced the NPRM earlier this week after a public meeting during which the EEOC commissioners voted 2 to 1 to approve it. The proposal also seeks to eliminate...
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Category: Affirmative Action and DEI

OMB Approves Section 503 Recordkeeping Requirements And Form CC-305

The White House Office of Management and Budget has approved the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (Form CC-305) through July 31, 2029, while OFCCP decides whether to retain disability self-identification requirements. Current DOL regulations require federal contractors to use Form CC-305 to invite applicants and employees to voluntarily report their disability status. OMB’s approval simply ensures that DOL’s recordkeeping requirements...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Proposes To Rescind EEO Reporting Requirements

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has published a proposed rule that would rescind employers’ annual EEO-1 reporting obligation. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking also would rescind similar reporting requirements that apply to labor unions, state and local governments, and some public schools. The Employer Information (EEO-1) Report requires covered employers to send workforce demographic data by job category, sex, and...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

EEOC Prepares To Rescind EEO Reporting Requirements

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is seeking White House approval to proceed with a proposal to end the annual EEO-1 reporting obligation. The EEOC has asked the Office of Management and Budget to let it publish a proposed rule that would rescind the requirement for employers to file EEO-1 Reports. The proposal also would end similar reporting requirements for labor unions, state and local governments, and some public schools.   Before the proposal can take effect, OMB must complete its review, and the EEOC must publish...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Introducing CWC’s Standard Occupational Classification Crosswalk

CWC has created a user-friendly occupational crosswalk to help its member organizations map their job profiles to federal occupation classification systems. CWC’s crosswalk aims to help organizations in next year’s California Pay Reporting cycle, which eliminates the EEO-1 category in favor of the 2-digit SOC Major Group. The crosswalk is also helpful for mapping occupations to a corresponding 6-digit SOC...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

CWC Supports OFCCP Proposal to Renew VEVRAA Requirements

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has filed comments supporting OFCCP’s plans to renew its recordkeeping and reporting requirements under VEVRAA. The agency wants to retain the recordkeeping, reporting, and enforcement requirements in regulations implementing Section 4212 of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act. These include the contents of the written affirmative action program;...
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Category: Compensation

CWC Updates California Pay Data Reporting Guide For 2025 Reporting Season

CWC has updated its California Pay Data Reporting Guide. The updated guide covers the rules for filing the 2025 report that is due May 13, 2026. It also provides tips for a company to use when pulling the required data. Three data fields have been added for the 2025 reporting cycle: “Employment Type” — full-time, part-time, or intermittent; “Exemption Status” —...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

Ninth Circuit Issues Mandate To Enforce Its Judgment Ordering Release Of Contractor EEO-1 Reports

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has ordered the Labor Department to release EEO-1 Type 2 consolidated data submitted by objecting contractors for the years 2016 to 2020. The order stems from a 2022 Freedom of Information Act request by the Center for Investigative Reporting. In 2023, DOL disclosed data from contractors that did not object. The...
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Category: Affirmative Action and DEI

CWC Recommends OFCCP Retain Form CC-305 On A Voluntary Basis

The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has filed comments with the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs urging it to consider alternatives to its proposed elimination of Form CC-305. Federal contractors use the Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form to solicit the disability status of their job applicants and employees. OFCCP recently proposed eliminating the requirement for...
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Category: Compliance Reporting and Recordkeeping

California Updates Pay Data Reporting Requirements

California recently amended its pay data reporting obligations, which require covered employers to submit employee and labor contractor pay data reports annually to the Civil Rights Department (CRD). Under the amendment, starting in 2026: (1) employers must store demographic data separately from personnel records, and (2) penalties for failing to file pay data reports will become mandatory if CRD requests them. The...

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