The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued 15 employers in 10 states for failing to file mandatory annual EEO-1 reports for a period of several years. The EEOC announced this unprecedented move in a May 29, 2024, press release. The employers include companies from the retail, construction, restaurant, manufacturing, logistics, and service industries.
In each case, the EEOC is seeking a court order compelling the company to “prepare, execute, and file accurate and complete EEO-1 reports as required by law for each prior calendar year for which it has failed to file requisite reports, including 2021 and 2022.” The EEO-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 and race or ethnicity, to the EEOC.
The timing of the EEOC’s lawsuits serves as a reminder to all covered employers that the deadline for filing 2023 EEO-1 reports is June 4, 2024, and that the agency is prepared to use litigation to enforce this requirement.
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