Many employers that have prepared or are in the process of preparing their EEO-1 reports in anticipation of the usual March reporting schedule are finding they can't submit their reports because the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has not yet opened the EEO-1 reporting portal and has postponed the reporting period yet again. Thus, as with most things in 2020 and now 2021, things also are a bit different with EEO-1 reports than they usually are.

Recall that, last year, due to the pandemic, the EEOC delayed collection of private-sector employer 2019 EEO-1 reports, which normally would have been due in March 2020, until March 2021. Continue reading >