EEOC Moves to Scrap Workforce Demographic Reports

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sent a plan to eliminate its EEO-1 through EEO-5 reporting forms to White House regulatory review.

Updated on Nov. 10, 2026 in Human Resources

EEOC Moves to Scrap Workforce Demographic Reports

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sent its finalized plan to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Nov. 9, proposing to eliminate longstanding requirements for employers to share workforce demographic information with the agency. The rule would scrap EEO-1 forms for large employers and EEO-2 through EEO-5 forms for unions, state and local government entities, and public schools.

Why it matters

The change would end routine federal collection of workplace demographic data that has long been used to monitor employment discrimination across the country. The move is part of the Republican-led commission's broader effort to crack down on diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.

The rulemaking plan covers five EEO reporting forms, EEO-1 through EEO-5, spanning large employers, unions, state and local governments, and public schools. The extraction provides no comparator figures, and it remains unclear when the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs will complete its review.

The players

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

The federal agency responsible for enforcing laws against workplace discrimination, currently led by a Republican majority that has prioritized rolling back diversity, equity, and inclusion requirements.

White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs

The White House office that reviews significant federal regulations before they can be finalized and published.

The details

The EEOC sent the finalized rule to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs on Nov. 9, according to OIRA's website. If adopted, the plan would eliminate the demographic reporting requirements that employers and institutions have filed with the agency.

Nov. 9, 2026: EEOC plan sent to White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review

Human Resources Landscape

The proposal would reverse the EEO-1 Component 1 workforce data collection that has run for decades under Title VII reporting practices. It marks a departure from that framework toward reduced federal demographic oversight of employers.

Employers that currently file EEO-1 through EEO-5 forms could stop submitting workforce demographic data if the rule is finalized. Employees and job seekers would no longer benefit from the federal demographic reporting used to track workplace discrimination trends.

The takeaway

Employers should monitor the White House review of the EEOC rule, since final changes could alter their federal reporting obligations for workforce demographics.