EEOC Proposes End To EEO-1 Reporting Requirement

On May 14, 2026, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) submitted a proposal to end the requirement for employers to report certain demographic information.

Currently, the EEO-1 reporting process requires employers with at least 100 employees to provide information to the agency on an annual basis by demographic category (race, sex and national origin) as well as job classification.

The EEOC’s proposal, submitted to the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), would rescind the reporting and recordkeeping requirements that have been in place since 1966. 

OIRA will review the proposal, and if it advances, the EEOC will need to publish a proposed rescission rule in the Federal Register and open a public notice and comment period, pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

Any final decision to rescind the reporting and recordkeeping requirements could be challenged under the APA.

The proposal follows .

Why it matters: While the proposal is just an initial step with multiple hurdles before an end to the EEO-1 requirements could take effect, lawyers should be aware of the potential shift. In the interim, employers must continue to meet the existing requirements and be cognizant of the many states that have their own parallel reporting mandates, which would not be impacted by the potential federal change.