The Trump Administration has announced plans to “eliminate” the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”), the agency currently responsible for enforcing affirmative action and anti-discrimination protections for veterans and workers with disabilities among federal contractors. Under the Trump Administration’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, the
EEOC Opens EEO-1 Data Collection Portal With Reporting Changes
By Guy Brenner & Mallory Knudsen Hart on
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has opened the 2024 EEO-1 data-collection cycle and set Tuesday, June 24, 2025, as the filing deadline for submissions. According to the EEOC, this year’s reporting window is shorter than in prior cycles as part of its “efforts to identify continued cost savings for…
EEOC Seeks Elimination of Voluntary Reporting Non-Binary Data in EEO-1
By Guy Brenner & Mallory Knudsen Hart on
On April 15, 2025, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) submitted a “non-substantive” Information Collection Request (“ICR”) to the Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) for approval ahead of its 2024 data collection. Among the requested changes, the EEOC seeks OMB approval for the elimination of the option allowing employers…
OFCCP Publishes Non-Objecting Contractors’ EEO-1 Data And Provides Details Of Its Review Of Pending Objections
By Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou on
On April 17, 2023, after giving federal contractors and subcontractors (“Contractors”) several opportunities to submit objections, OFCCP published EEO-1 data for Contractors that “either affirmatively agreed to, or did not object to, the release of their EEO-1 data.” As we previously reported, OFCCP had received a Freedom of Information…
Deputy Director Michele Hodge Will Become Acting Director of OFCCP
By Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou on
On March 30, 2023, outgoing OFCCP Director Jenny R. Yang confirmed what we had reported here – she will be leaving the agency. Effective April 3, 2023, Director Yang will begin serving as Deputy Assistant to the President for Racial Justice and Equity. In her farewell announcement to “OFCCP Stakeholders”…
OFCCP Director Jenny Yang Reported to Be Leaving Agency
By Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou on
According to reports, OFCCP Director Jenny R. Yang is expected to leave her position this week. Director Yang became OFCCP Director on January 20, 2021. At this time, it is not known who will replace her.
During her term, Director Yang has overseen several OFCCP developments, including:
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OFCCP Updates List of Contractors Subject to Release of EEO-1 Data
By Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou on
As we previously reported here and here, OFCCP plans to release EEO-1 data for non-objecting contractors and subcontractors in response to a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request seeking contractors’ and subcontractors’ EEO-1 reports from 2016-2020. After publishing a list of contractors and subcontractors’ whose EEO-1 data would be…
OFCCP (Yet Again) Extends Deadline and Issues Additional Guidance for Contractors Objecting to Release of EEO-1 Data
By Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou on
As we previously reported, OFCCP has received a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request seeking contractors’ and subcontractors’ EEO-1 reports from 2016-2020.
OFCCP originally provided contractors and subcontractors until September 19, 2022 to submit objections as to why their data should not be produced. That deadline was then extended…
OFCCP Extends Deadline for Contractors to Object to Release of EEO-1 Data
By Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou on
As we previously reported, OFCCP plans to release EEO-1 data for non-objecting contractors in response to a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request seeking contractors’ and subcontractors’ EEO-1 reports from 2016-2020. On February 2, 2023, OFCCP published a list of contractors whose data was scheduled to be released on…
OFCCP Identifies Contractors Whose EEO-1 Data Will Be Released on February 8, 2023
By Guy Brenner & Olympia Karageorgiou on
As we previously reported, OFCCP has received a Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”) request seeking federal contractors’ and subcontractors’ EEO-1 reports from 2016-2020. The agency previously instructed contractors who objected to the release of their EEO-1 reports to submit their objections by October 19, 2022. OFCCP has now…