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 asked questions (FAQs). The EEOC will send a postal mailing and email providing the
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Evolving Standards for Title VII Claims in Fifth Circuit and Others Federal Appellate Courts
Plaintiffs need not allege discrimination with respect to an “ultimate employment decision” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act to survive a motion to dismiss, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held, overturning precedent. Hamilton v. Dallas County, No. 21-10133, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 21780 (Aug. 18, 2023).
Deadline For Employers’ Federal EEO-1 Filing Now Due on Dec. 5, 2023
After multiple delays, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) EEO-1 filing deadline is locked on December 5, 2023 (for data pertaining to 2022). All private sector employers with 100 or more employees, and covered federal contractors with 50 or more employees, need to file this annual EEO-1 report requiring submission of employees’ demographic data.
The EEO-1 Component 1 requires disclosure of workforce demographic data, including protected categories such as sex, race, and ethnicity. Component 2 requires further detail such as hours worked, and certain pay information (that CDF previously described that can be found here).
Fifth Circuit Overturns Decades-Old Precedent, Expands Scope of Employment Discrimination Claims
On Friday, August 18, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued a landmark decision overturning nearly 30 years of precedent limiting plaintiffs in Title VII cases to claims based on “ultimate employment decisions.” Where previously employment discrimination claims were limited to actions such as “hiring, granting leave, discharging, promoting, and compensating,” employees can now pursue claims based on any discriminatory practice that alters the “terms, conditions, or privileges of their employment.”
2022 EEO-1 Reporting Period Will Open on October 31, 2023
The EEOC has announced that the long-delayed 2022 EEO-1 reporting period will finally open on October 31, 2023. The deadline for filing will be December 5, 2023.
EEO-1 Reporting Deadline Announced: Now Due December 5, 2023
It’s official, the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection will open on Tuesday, October 31, 2023. The deadline for employers to file their EEO-1 reports is Tuesday, December 5, 2023.
Employers have been waiting for the announcement as the deadline has been delayed twice. In the meantime, federal contractor have
Trick or Treat! EEO-1 Filing Platform Will Open on October 31, 2023
The 2022 EEO-1 filing platform will open on October 31, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced on September 1, 2023. The deadline for all filings will be December 5, 2023.
Fifth Circuit Overrules Long-Standing Precedent to Align Itself with Other Courts Addressing Title VII Claims
Executive Summary: The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (which covers Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi) recently held that Title VII plaintiffs can show they were subjected to an adverse employment action for purposes of a Title VII claim even if they were not subjected to an “ultimate employment decision.”
The Fifth Circuit Announces New Standard for Pleading a Title VII Claim
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently announced that Title VII plaintiffs are no longer required to plead an “ultimate employment decision” to properly allege a disparate treatment claim.
Fifth Circuit Upends ‘Ultimate Employment Decision’ Requirement for Title VII Discrimination Claims
On August 18, 2023, in Hamilton v. Dallas County, the full Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upended long-standing precedent, significantly broadening the types of adverse employment actions that could give rise to an actionable claim. Prior to this decision, and for nearly thirty years, Fifth Circuit precedent required a plaintiff
U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Whether Title VII Protects Employees Contending Discriminatory Transfer
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination in forced transfer decisions without also requiring a showing that the transfer decision caused the employee a materially significant disadvantage in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, Mo., No. 22-193.
2022 EEO-1 Reporting Again Delayed
Last week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission revealed that the 2022 EEO-1 reporting deadline is again being postponed. Reporting, which was expected to begin in July, is now “tentatively” scheduled to open in the fall of 2023. The change was referenced in brief notices on an EEOC webpage and
EEOC Announces Major Change to 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection Start Date
In a surprise move, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today posted an announcement to the EEO-1 landing page, stating that it was moving the tentative start date of the 2022 EEO-1 filing process to the fall of 2023.
Breaking News: EEOC Pushes EEO-1 Portal Opening to Fall of 2023
In an update on its EEO-1 Component 1 Data Collection landing page, EEOC pushed
“the tentative opening of the 2022 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection to the Fall of 2023.”
As previously reported, EEOC originally anticipated the portal to open mid-July 2023. Due to the Agency completing
OFCCP Releases Data From More Than 19,000 Type 2 EEO-1 Reports
In response to a Freedom of Information Act request from the Center for Investigative Reporting, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs has released 2016–2020 Type 2 Consolidated EEO-1 Report data of federal contractors that did not previously object to disclosure of their information.