EEO-1 Reporting Opens May 20, 2025: Key Changes Employers Must Know to Stay Compliant!

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HRCI & SHRM Approved Webinar | CEUs = 1.5 Credit Hours

Overview:

The EEOC has confirmed that the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection period will open on May 20, 2025, after a long delay that left many employers uncertain about the future of the reporting process. One of the key changes this year is the elimination of the binary gender reporting option, a shift away from policies implemented during the Trump Administration. Additionally, while the EEOC has issued updated guidance and technical specifications, it has not reinstated pay data collection in the 2024 filing—despite ongoing discussions around pay equity. Employers, especially federal contractors with 50 or more employees, should be aware of their continued obligation to file under OFCCP regulations, even though the legal foundation for those rules was affected by Executive Order 14173.

Although pay data is not part of the federal EEO-1 Component 1 this year, employers in states like California must still comply with state-specific pay data reporting mandates. The EEOC is expected to publish a comprehensive FAQ ahead of the filing portal's opening to help employers navigate compliance. With increased scrutiny on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), many companies also choose to voluntarily disclose their EEO-1 data to enhance transparency and accountability. Employers should begin preparing now by reviewing the 2024 EEO-1 Instruction Booklet and ensuring their demographic data is accurate and up to date.

What will You Learn:

  • Learn what the EEO_1 Reporting Instructions have changed, and which have stayed the same.
  • How the OFCCP’s current status with the revocation of EO 11246 many for federal contractors
  • How to use the EEOC’s EEO-1 Online Filing System (OFS).
  • How Federal Contractors need to complete the requirements of risk penalties.
  • Learn the status of the Pay Data Collection reporting
  • What changes will be established for the 2024 reporting period.
  • Learn if there will be any surprises for the 2024 reporting period.
  • Who is required to complete the EEO-1 Report
  • How to use the proper categories to complete requirements.
  • Learn the best practices when getting employees to complete voluntary identification.
  • What the changes are to complete the requirements of the EEO-1 reporting.
  • What the categories are for completing the EEO-1 form within compliance.
  • How the EEOC will manage transgender and binary recording.

Why should you Attend:

The EEO-1 reporting deadline has become a moving target, so covered employers need to sharpen their data collection and be ready to upload. There are new filers that need to be trained in how to complete the EEO-1 report and use the Online Filing System File by June 24, 2025 – or earlier! In the past, the EEO-1 reporting system has slowed down significantly as the deadline approached, which makes filing more challenging. You might want to allow sufficient time before the deadline, so you aren’t scrambling at the last minute with technical challenges. Typically, the EEOC does not provide for extensions.

Who should Attend:

  • All Employers required to file EEO-1 reports
  • OFCCP federal contractors with 50 or more employees
  • Company Leadership
  • Compliance professionals
  • HR Professionals
  • Managers/Supervisors

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Margie Faulk
HR Compliance Officer

Margie Faulk is a senior level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public, Non-profit sectors and International compliance. Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties from violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.

Margie’s area of expertise includes Criminal Background Screening Policies and auditing, I-9 document correction and storage compliance, Immigration compliance, employee handbook development, policy development, sexual harassment investigations/certified training, SOX regulations, OSHA compliance, payroll compliance, compliance consulting, monitoring US-based federal, state and local regulations, employee relations issues, internal investigations, HR management, compliance consulting, internal/external audits, and performance management.

Margie’s unique training philosophy includes providing free customized tools for all attendees. These tools are customized and have been proven to be part an effective risk management strategy. Some of the customized tools include the I-9 Self Audit. Correction and Storage program, Ban the Box Decision Matrix Policy that Employers can provide in a dispute for allegations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Guide, Drug-Free Workplace Volatile Termination E-Book and other compliance program tools when attendees register and attend Margie’s trainings. Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).