The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has received approval to collect monthly reports from construction contractors detailing the number of their employees and their work hours by race/ethnicity, sex, and construction trade, although the agency has not yet announced when it will begin the monthly collection. The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approved use of the new Monthly Employment Utilization Report (OFCCP Form CC-257) on September 29, 2024.
OMB approved a few changes since OFCCP first proposed reinstating the Monthly Employment Utilization Report in February:
- Addition of a comment section to provide space for voluntarily reporting data about non-binary employees.
- Addition of a fifth classification category—non-apprenticed laborers and helpers—for workers who are part of the construction workforce but not part of a formal trainee or apprenticeship program.
- Directing the updating of the race and ethnicity categories in the Monthly Employment Utilization Report when the categories are updated in the Employer Information Report (EEO-1).
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