Oregon labor department urges feds to continue collecting workforce demographic data

States push back on EEOC plan to end workforce demographic reporting

Several state and civil rights groups argue that the federal data collection is a foundational part of identifying discriminatory practices across industries, occupations and regions.

Illinois Joins States To Urge EEOC To Preserve Workforce Demographic Reporting

CHICAGO —The Illinois Department of Human Rights (IDHR) joined civil rights enforcement agencies including the District of Columbia’s civil rights enforcement agency to provide a joint comment urging the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to preserve longstanding federal workforce demographic reporting requirements that help agencies identify and address employment discrimination.In joint comments submitted August 24, 2026, in r…

Oregon labor department urges feds to continue collecting workforce demographic data

Oregon’s employment rights agency is joining a coalition of states in opposing the federal government’s move to rescind a 60-year-old rule used to inform antidiscrimination practices in the workplace. Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries — alongside similar labor and…

This data has helped fight workplace discrimination for 60 years. The Trump administration plans to delete it

Enforcing civil rights without these reports will be difficult for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pushing US agency closer to Trump’s agenda, experts warn The US civil rights agency mandated to protect equal rights for workers is set to stop collecting data on the demographic makeup…

EEO-1 at a Crossroads: Navigating Federal Rescission, State Expansion and the Data Governance Imperative

Federal EEO-1 reporting may be heading for a major reset — but employers should be careful not to mistake federal uncertainty for a broader retreat from workforce pay-data obligations. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has proposed rescinding the long-standing annual EEO workforce demographic reporting rules, including the EEO-1 Component 1 report filed by many […]

Should Employers Continue to Collect EEO Data? » CBIA

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