By Sept. 30, employers with 100 or more employees are required to submit certain pay data for 2017 and 2018 (called the Component 2 EEO-1 survey) to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Employers must select a single pay period in both Q4 2017 and Q4 2018 and report pay data for those full- and part-time employees on the employer's payroll for each selected pay period. Employers required to submit EEO-1 data should have received a letter and email notification with the user ID needed to access the EEO-1 online filing system. The Component 2 EEO-1 online filing system home page allows employers to log in to the system, receive Help Desk support and review specific instructions.
With that said, it looks like this Component 2 EEO-1 survey requirement might only be a one-time requirement – which would be fabulous news for employers across the nation. According to a Sept. 11 notice by the EEOC in the Federal Register, the EEOC may not renew the Component 2 EEO-1 survey requirement, as it says the burden and cost estimate for businesses to collect and submit the data is higher than previously expected and deserves some further consideration before the EEOC seeks approval for more pay reporting. Therefore, at this time, the EEOC is not seeking to renew Component 2 of the EEO-1.
Of course, this does not change this year's Sept. 30 Component 2 requirement (nor does it change the fact that the EEOC still intends to collect Component 1 data for the next three years, as it has done for decades), but there is hope for employers for future years!
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