The date for employers to comply with the workforce data filing requirement of the Massachusetts pay transparency law is approaching, and this year for the first time it includes covered state and local government employers. As part of An Act Relative to Salary Range Transparency, employers who employ more than 100 employees in Massachusetts at any point in the prior calendar year need to submit copies of EEO data reports to the Commonwealth on a schedule set out in the law. Covered private employers who file EEO-1 reports are required to submit workforce data annually on February 1. Because the February 1 filing date falls on a Sunday this year, the deadline is extended to February 2, 2026.
State and local government employers who file EEO-4 reports are required to submit workforce data only in even-numbered years, so 2026 will be the first required filing for these employers. Organizations that file EEO-3 and EEO-5 reports, including covered public elementary/secondary school systems, do not need to submit workforce data this year, as they only have to file in odd-numbered years.
Required workforce data reports can be filed through a link provided on a page on the website of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Employers can also take advantage of FAQs from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development, which offer important information about employer obligations and compliance. The FAQs remind employers that they do not need to...
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