EEOC Proposal Gives Feds More Powerful Pay Equity Enforcement Tool

02.02.2016
HR & Safety

On Feb. 1, 2016, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued a proposed revision to the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to include collecting pay data from employers, including federal contractors, with more than 100 employees.
This new data will assist the agency in identifying possible pay discrimination and assist employers in promoting equal pay in their workplaces.
EEO-1 data provides the federal government with workforce profiles from private-sector employers by race, ethnicity, sex, and job category.
This proposal would add aggregate data on pay ranges and hours worked to the information collected, beginning with the Sept. 2017 report.

The agencies would use this pay data to assess complaints of discrimination, focus agency investigations, and identify existing pay disparities that may warrant further examination.

Members of the public have 60 days from that date April 1, 2016, to submit comments on the proposed changes.
The new pay data would provide EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs of the Department of Labor with insight into pay disparities across industries and occupations and strengthen federal efforts to combat discrimination.
This pay data would allow EEOC to compile and publish aggregated data that will help employers in conducting their own analysis of their pay practices to facilitate voluntary compliance.
The agencies would use this pay data to assess complaints of discrimination, focus agency investigations, and identify existing pay disparities that may warrant further examination.
EEOC's current proposal is in response to recommendations from independent studies and the Commission's work with the President's National Equal Pay Task Force, which proposed new data collection requirements to combat pay discrimination in the workplace.
The EEOC has more more information about the proposed revisions to the EEO-1 report, including a Fact Sheet for Small Business and a Question and Answer document.

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