EEOC Chair Signals Interest in Gathering Employer Pay Data Again - SHRM
In testimony before a House Education and Labor subcommittee on April 27, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte Burrows signaled interest in gathering employer pay data annually again. We've gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other media outlets.
Pay Information Could Help Agency
A review of the EEOC's previous collection of pay data during the Obama administration found that the information could help the agency, Burrows said. She noted that the EEOC is waiting for the National Academy of Sciences to provide a recommendation on how to use pay data. EEOC staff already working on the review "have looked at the pay data and are able to say that it would be very useful to us," she said. Pay discrimination often goes unnoticed without access to such data, she said. A majority vote of the EEOC would be needed to update the EEO-1 form to again call for employers to submit pay data.
Gathering Pay Data Expected
Some experts expect the EEOC or Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs to require the submission of pay data on an annual basis. For example, Lynn Clements, director, audit and HR services of Berkshire, which is based in Columbia, Md., thinks that during the Biden administration, federal contractors will again have to submit pay data annually. Although pay data had to be submitted at the federal level due to a revision to the EEO-1 form during the Obama administration, the EEOC decided not to renew this change...
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