Description

The EEOC has announced that the long-delayed 2023 EEO-1 reporting period will finally open on April 30^th, 2024 and ends on June 4^th, 2024. Are You Prepared for the Deadline?

The EEOC provided important details concerning support for these filings, stating that the EEO-1 online Filer Support Message Center, the new title for the filer help desk, would also open on April 30, 2024. The EEOC will post updated information concerning the 2023 EEO-1 data collection on the agency’s website as it becomes available. It is anticipated that the EEOC will release a new set of guidance in the form of FAQs for this year’s filings prior to the opening of the filing platform.

The EEOC’s announcement follows closely on the heels of the completion of the 2022 EEO-1 filing cycle, which ended on January 9, 2024, when the filing platform was closed. The EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations require eligible employers to file Standard Form 100 (EEO-1 reports) annually through the EEOC’s dedicated website for EEO-1 Component 1 data collection.

The EEO-1 reporting deadline has become a moving target, so covered employers need to sharpen their data collection and be ready to upload.

What will you learn:

• What the EEO_1 Reporting Instructions have changed, and which have stayed the same.
• What changes will be established for the 2023 reporting period.
• If there will be any surprises for the 2023 reporting period.
• Who is required to complete the EEO-1 Report
• How to use the proper categories to complete requirements.
• The best practices when getting employees to complete the voluntary identification.
• What the changes are to complete the requirements of the EEO-1 reporting.
• What the categories are for completing the EEO-1 form within compliance.
• How the EEOC will manage transgender and binary recording.
• How you should handle transgender reporting.
• How to use the EEOC’s EEO-1 Online Filing System (OFS).
• How Federal Contractors need to complete the requirements of risk penalties.
• How the pay data reporting is still looming for the EEOC
• What companies have been selected to have their reports reviewed.

Why You should Attend:

The purpose of collecting the data is to support enforcement actions, facilitate research on employment patterns, and encourage self-assessment by employers, according to the EEOC. Some companies voluntarily go a step further and publicly release their demographic information to support their diversity efforts or improve accountability.

File by June 4, 2024 – or earlier! In the past, the EEO-1 reporting system has slowed down significantly as the deadline approached, which makes filing more challenging. You might want to allow yourself sufficient time before the deadline so you aren’t scrambling at the last minute with technical challenges. Typically, the EEOC does not provide for extensions.

Who should Attend:

• All Employers required to file EEO-1 reports
• OFCCP federal contractors with 50 or more employees
• Company Leadership
• Compliance professionals
• HR Professionals
• Managers/Supervisors