The deadline for filing the first year of Massachusetts EEO-1 pay data reports is February 1, 2025, but covered employers are still waiting for Massachusetts to publish guidance on this requirement. This means that with less than one month before the deadline, there is no official guidance on what information must be provided or how this filing requirement must be completed.

However, we have confirmed with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development (EOLWD) that covered employers will need only submit their most recent EEO-1 filings, and not provide any wage data. The EOLWD expects to issue more detailed guidance, possibly as soon as by the end of this week.

Quick Hits

• On July 31, 2024, Governor Maura Healey signed into law legislation requiring Massachusetts employers with one hundred or more employees and subject to EEO-1 reporting obligations to provide a pay report to Massachusetts by February 1 of each year.
• Covered employers are required to complete their EEO-1 pay reporting by February 1, 2025.
• Massachusetts has not yet issued guidance on how exactly this reporting will be completed, but wage data will not be required and instead only the most recent EEO-1 will need to be submitted.

The upcoming pay reporting requirement is a result of the Frances Perkins Workplace Equity Act signed into law by Governor Maura Healey on July 31, 2024.

Covered Employers/Wage Data Reports

The EEO-1 pay data reporting obligations under the act apply to...

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