EEOC Moves to Scrap 60-Year EEO-1 Reporting Rule as Comments Run Through Aug. 24

1 articles · Updated · Workforce Bulletin · Aug 5

July 23 brought the EEOC’s formal proposal to rescind EEO-1 and companion reports, along with related recordkeeping and record-preservation requirements; a public hearing is set for Aug. 11 and comments close Aug. 24.
The move is part of the administration’s 2026 deregulatory agenda, which the EEOC has embraced while signaling broader rollbacks of long-standing discrimination guidance.
Employers are being told to keep current demographic data collection in place until any final rule takes effect, and to watch for possible litigation over the reporting change.
State-law obligations would still apply even if the federal rule is scrapped, and employers may still find the data useful in defending discrimination claims.
The EEOC’s agenda also targets Pregnant Workers Fairness Act rules, with proposed revisions expected in November after Chair Andrea Lucas criticized parts of the current regulation as overly broad.

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How will the EEOC investigate systemic discrimination without the very demographic data it plans to stop collecting?

Could the rollback of federal pregnancy accommodations unexpectedly force companies to overhaul their entire corporate leave policies?

If federal workplace reporting ends, will employers face an even costlier nightmare of conflicting state laws?

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