Compliance with Section 503 and VEVRAA: Still Required
Recent changes in federal regulations regarding affirmative action have left many employers wondering what is going on with their other federal...
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Debra Milstein Gardner
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Jan 30, 2024 1:00:00 PM
In recent legal developments, we delve into two crucial aspects of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) reporting and Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemptions that have been making headlines. These events shed light on the intricacies of federal reporting requirements and data protection concerns. Let's explore these two significant narratives.
Federal Judge William Alsup determined that EEO-1 Report Component 1 data are not protected under the FOIA exemption for confidential commercial information. This ruling comes after a long saga, in which the Department of Labor (DOL) faced a FOIA request for EEO-1 filings. Here's how it unfolded:
In parallel, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) encountered technical display issues in the EEO-1 Component 1 Online Filing System (OFS) for reports from 2015 to 2021. Key details include:
Potential glitches in the EEO-1 filing system, coupled with the release of the data as allowed by the recent court ruling, have introduced uncertainty and challenges in the reporting process. While the court ruling opens the door to the disclosure of certain EEO-1 data, the technical glitches in the filing system have raised concerns about data accuracy and confidentiality. Even though the glitch was caused by the government and immediately discovered and fixed, this combination of factors underscores the need for organizations to be vigilant in their EEO-1 reporting, emphasizing data security and accuracy in an evolving regulatory landscape
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