Opinion | Abandoning EEO Data Collection Will Not Eliminate Discrimination, It Will Make It Harder to Detect

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) recent proposal to rescind the EEO-1 through EEO-6 reporting requirements marks one of the most significant shifts in federal equal employment policy in decades. The Commission argues that these reports are inconsistent with equal employment law, potentially unconstitutional, unnecessarily burdensome, and no longer needed to enforce anti-discrimination laws. While…
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The EEOC’s Title VII Enforcement Transformation: Why Employers Must Reevaluate Their Employment Practices Now

Part I of II: Understanding the New Enforcement landscape and Its Impact on Employers For decades, employers generally viewed Title VII enforcement through the lens of protecting historically underrepresented groups from workplace discrimination. While Title VII itself has not changed, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has signaled a significant shift in how it approaches…
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Can the EEOC Eliminate the EEO-1 Report?

Why Employers Should Closely Watch the Growing Debate Over Workforce Data Collection For nearly six decades, the EEO-1 report has served as one of the federal government’s primary workforce data collection tools in the fight against workplace discrimination. Employers with 100 or more employees, including many federal contractors, have long been required to submit demographic…
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Workplace Discrimination Now in DOJ’s FCA Crosshairs: Part I

Federal Contractors and Private Employers Urged to Review Hiring, Pay, and Promotion Practices Washington, D.C. — February 2026 Federal contractors and grant recipients are facing a sharpened enforcement landscape following remarks by Brenna Jenny, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Commercial Litigation Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), at the Federal Bar Association’s…
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EEOC Issues Reminder: Title VII Applies to DEI Initiatives: Employers Urged to Ensure Compliance

Federal Contractors & Employers Must Align DEI Policies With Anti-Discrimination Law Washington, D.C. — February 2026 — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published a reminder highlighting employers’ obligations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as they relate to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, a message that federal contractors and private employers should take…
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