EEOC again asks to close Component 2 pay portal
On December 19, 2019, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) renewed its request that a federal district court allow it to close its Component 2 pay data portal. Specifically, the agency argued that because the data collection is costing it $150,000 for each week after the September 30 deadline, the court should either deem its obligation to collect the data satisfied or provide clarification "regarding the response rate at which [it] will deem the [data] collection to be complete."
In its motion, the EEOC reported that 85.6% of eligible filers had submitted Component 2 data as of December 18. The agency had asked the court on October 8 to allow it to close the portal because more than 75% of eligible filers had submitted the required pay and hours worked data. On October 29, the court ordered the agency to "take all steps necessary to complete the EEO-1 Component 2 data collection for calendar years 2017 and 2018 by January 31, 2020."
EEOC releases FY 2019 enforcement data
The EEOC has released a detailed breakdown of the 72,675 charges of discrimination it received in fiscal year (FY) 2019, which ended September 30, 2019. According to the data, retaliation charges continue to be the most frequently filed charges, followed by charges of disability, race, and sex discrimination. During FY 2019, the agency received 7,514 sexual harassment charges, which accounted for 10.3% of all charges but was a decrease of about 2% from FY 2018.
The charges break down by subject as follows: