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Federal Contractors Must File Objections to Prevent the Release of EEO-1 Reports Under FOIA

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On October 29, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a public notice that it received two requests for contractors’ 2021 Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports under the...more

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2021 EEO-1 Reports of Federal Contractors to be Released by OFCCP Absent Employer Action

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The University of Utah and a non-profit organization named "As You Sow" have issued FOIA requests to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) for the 2021 Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Reports filed by federal...more

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OFFCP Opens Objection Period for Contractors Concerning FOIA Requests for EEOC Type 2 Data

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently issued notice that it has received two new requests from the University of Utah and a nonprofit organization named “As You Sow,”...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Contractors face another FOIA request for EEO-1 Reports

Objections are due by December 9. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs announced that it has received additional requests for contractors’ EEO-1 Reports under the Freedom of Information Act. These FOIA...more

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Federal Contractors Should Act Now to Object to New FOIA Requests for Reports Containing Sensitive Employee Data

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Federal officials recently received several Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to disclose certain reports from federal contractors that include sensitive employee demographic data — specifically the release of 2021...more

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Construction Chronicles: The Not-So-New and OMB-Approved Monthly Construction Utilization Report

In the spirit of “spooky season,” the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) has been “haunting” federal construction contractors with new compliance burdens. With the resurrection...more

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OMB Approves Monthly Data Collection from Construction Companies

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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has given final approval to a monthly data collection from construction companies. The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) had requested this data collection in...more

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On the Horizon: New Standards for Collecting and Presenting Race and Ethnicity Data

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As organizations are preparing and filing the 2023 EEO-1 Data Collection reports, (deadline is June 4th) there’s a change on the horizon for future reporting. For the first time in over twenty-five years, in March, 2024 the...more

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Employers Should Prepare for New Race and Ethnicity Categories for Their EEOC and OFCCP Reports

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The federal government recently changed how it categorizes people by race and ethnicity for the first time in over 25 years – which means employers will soon need to revise their data-collection forms for EEO-1 filings and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Employer EEO-1 Reporting: U.S. Government Revises Racial and Ethnic Categories

The federal government has revised the racial and ethnic categories that apply to data collection efforts across federal agencies, including the EEO-1 survey administered by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Feds announce overhaul of race/ethnicity categories

The Office of Management and Budget updated the federal government’s standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting information on race and ethnicity. The government’s standards for classifying race and ethnicity...more

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To Disclose or Not to Disclose: OFCCP to Appeal Adverse EEO-1 Report Disclosure Order

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As previously reported, in late December 2023, the Northern District of California ordered OFCCP to release the EEO-1 reports of federal contractors it had previously withheld from production based on various exemptions under...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

Out With the Old Compliance Year … In With the New

As 2023 ends, despite the visions of sugar plums dancing in your head, it is a good time to take stock of government initiatives affecting your Affirmative Action practice, the better to get ready for 2024. Many things...more

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Federal Court Rejects Objections and Orders OFCCP to Disclose EEO-1 Reports

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Despite objections by thousands of employers and its own continuing review of records, the OFCCP has been ordered by a federal court to produce all EEO-1 Type 2 reports of federal prime contractors and first-tier...more

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Federal Court Orders OFCCP to Release Federal Contractors' EEO-1 Reports

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Executive Summary: On December 22, 2023, a federal court in California ordered the OFCCP to release the EEO-1 reports of federal contractors who had filed an objection to the agency’s release of their EEO-1 data in response...more

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The 2022 EEO-1 Filing Platform Is Opening Soon: Key Takeaways From the Updated Data Collection Instruction Booklet and FAQs

As we move closer to the October 31, 2023, opening date of the 2022 EEO-1 filing platform, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has issued an updated instruction booklet and set of answers to frequently...more

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OFCCP (Again) Updates List of Contractors Whose EEO-1 Data Will Be Released

As we previously reported, OFCCP has received a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request seeking federal contractors’ and subcontractors’ (collectively, “Contractors”) EEO-1 reports from 2016-2020. After publishing a list...more

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OFCCP Again Extends Deadline for Submitting Objections to EEO-1 Disclosure, But New Wrinkles Added

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On February 14, 2023, OFCCP announced that it was again extending the deadline for employers to file objections to the disclosure of their EEO-1 data in response to a FOIA request from the Center for Investigative Reporting....more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

Deadline Fast-Approaching for Specific Contractors to Object to Type 2 EEO-1 Report Disclosure

In 2019, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) received an unprecedented Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from an investigative reporter (which was later amended), requesting Type 2 Consolidated...more

Woods Rogers

OFCCP Update: Possible Public Disclosure of EEO-1 Information

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Federal contractors should be aware of a recent development that could result in the public disclosure of their EEO-1 information. The EEO-1 Component 1 report is a mandatory annual data collection requiring all federal...more

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Contractors That Have Filed EEO-1 Reports Have Until Mid-September to File Objections to the Release of Their Information Under...

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On August 19, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) published a Notice in the Federal Register of a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request to federal contractors. Will Evans, of the Center...more

Cozen O'Connor

Is Your EEO-1 Report At Risk of Disclosure?

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a notice on August 19 in the Federal Register informing all federal contractors that it had received a Freedom of Information Act...more

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Do You Disclose Workforce Diversity Data? The OFCCP Might Do That For You

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Any employer required to collect EEO-1 workforce demographic data should be thinking about the issue of whether to publicly disclose that data, and consider what might happen to it once it’s disclosed....more

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OFCCP Receives Media Request for EEO-1, Type 2 Report Filed by Federal Contractors

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On August 19, the Federal Register published a Notice that OFCCP received a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) from the Center for Investigative Reporting (CIR). CIR is seeking all federal prime contractors’...more

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OFCCP Plans to Disclose Confidential Employer EEO-1 Data: Can Employers Protect Their Information?

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On August 19, 2022, OFCCP published a notice in the Federal Register for the stated purpose of advising employers that in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, it is planning to produce confidential...more

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