The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) recently posted an announcement on its pay data reporting landing page stating the deadline for filing 2021 pay data reports is April 1, 2022. This is different from last year’s deadline of March 31, 2021, and earlier statements by the DFEH indicating that the filing deadline would be March 31 going forward after last year’s inaugural filing cycle. The announcement also provides notice that new versions of the filing portal, user guide, and template (a spreadsheet document including a blank pay data upload report, instructions, and two sample reports), and other resources will be available on February 1, 2022. In connection with these updates, the filing portal will be unavailable on January 31, 2022.

Look Before Leaping

Currently, the DFEH’s pay data reporting landing page provides access to an updated user guide for the 2020 reporting year, a template for the pay data reports which appears to have been at least partially updated, and a sample pay data report in Comma-Separated Value (.CSV) file format. That same webpage also interestingly provides a link to the filing portal. This is interesting because a new version of the filing portal is due to be updated on February 1, 2022, along with the user guide and template. Based on the announced changes, it may make sense for filers to wait until February 1, 2022, to see the updated user guide, template, and other resources, and as well as the filing portal...

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