EEO-1 REPORT FOR 2006 DUE FROM EMPLOYERS SEPT. 30

Record Number of Workforce Surveys Expected by EEOC

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity  Commission (EEOC) today urged the employer community to send in the annual  EEO-1 Report to meet the fast approaching Sept. 30 deadline, as required by  federal law. EEOC anticipates receiving  a record number of EEO-1 Reports from employers nationwide in 2006.

The EEO-1  Report – formally known as the “Employer Information Report” – is a government  survey requiring many employers to provide a count of their employees by job  category and then by ethnicity, race and gender. The EEO-1 Report must be filed  by employers with federal government contracts of $50,000 or more and 50 or  more employees; and employers who do not have a federal government contract but  have 100 or more employees. The report must use employment numbers from any pay  period in July through September of that year.

Employers who meet the criteria listed above  and have not received the EEO-1 packet should immediately contact the EEO-1  Joint Reporting Committee Toll Free at (866) 286-6440, or by e-mail at e1.techassistance@eeoc.gov.  General information about the EEO-1 Report can be found at the EEOC’s  web site at .  After being processed, aggregate EEO-1 data are made available on the  EEOC’s web site, in addition to being compiled in an annual public report.

“The EEO-1  survey provides valuable employment data by race, ethnicity, gender and job categories,”  said Deidre Flippen, Director of the EEOC’s Office of Research, Information and  Planning. “In addition to helping the  EEOC enforce Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the EEO-1 Report is  utilized by researchers, private attorneys, and employer human resource  staff. We encourage employers to do  everything possible to meet the September 30 deadline for submission of the  EEO-1 Report.”

This year’s  mailing also includes information about the new 2007 EEO-1 form, instruction booklet, and job classification guide in order to  familiarize employers with two new provisions in next year’s survey: the addition of new racial categories, and the addition of two job groups for officials and  managers. The information about the 2007  report contained in the mailing is for informational purposes only.

The EEOC is  responsible for enforcing the nation’s laws prohibiting employment  discrimination based on race, color, gender (including sexual harassment and  pregnancy), religion, national origin, age, disability and retaliation. Further information about the EEOC is  available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.