The EEO-1 Form, also known as the Equal Employment Opportunity Compliance Report, is an annual data reporting requirement for private employers that have 100 or more employees and federal contractors that have 50 or more employees. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) collects this data to track employment patterns across the United States.
The EEO-1 reporting window for recording the 2024 data is now open and now has a short deadline of June 24, 2025 at 11:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The reporting instructions may be found here: EEO-1 Component Data Collection Instruction Booklet and the reporting portal can be found here: EEOC Online Filing System.
The first step in EEO-1 reporting is to choose a payroll end date between October 1 – December 31, 2024. That date will reflect the number of employees the company has at that time to see if they meet the 100-employee threshold required for reporting. This look-back process changed this year and now, if a company had 100 or more employees at any time in the fourth quarter of 2024, it must file an EEO-1 Report.
The component data that the EEO-1 seeks is broken down by job categories, employee race/ethnicity, and sex. It is best, if possible, to allow employees to self-identify the groups to which they belong. The form does not offer a non-binary option and employees must fall into either the male or the female categories.
The job categories are broken down into nine categories and one sub-category that the workers will fall into:
1) Executive/Senior-level officials and managers
- Sub-category 1.2 covers First/Mid-level officials and managers
2) Professionals
3) Technicians
4) Sales workers
5) Administrative support workers
6) Craft workers
7) Operatives
8) Laborers and helpers
9) Service workers
EEO-1 reporting can be complex and may be particularly daunting when reporting for the first time. Due to the tight timeline, companies should allow sufficient time to collect the data and file the report. Typically, the EEOC will not grant extensions of time for late filing.
In this article Adriane Harrison, VP of Human Relations Consulting, PRINTING United Alliance, addresses the EEO-1 Component Data filing process and deadline. More information about labor and employment laws and regulations can be found at the Center for Human Resources Supportor reach out to Adriane directly if you have additional questions specific to how these issues may affect your business at: aharrison@printing.org
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