Key Takeaways
- The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Report filing opened on May 20, 2025, with a submission deadline of June 24, 2025, and no extensions being granted.
- Employers must select a workforce snapshot from October 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024.
- Filing is mandatory for private employers with 100 or more employees, federal contractors with 50 or more employees and certain affiliated private employers.
As anticipated, 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 Report filing officially opened May 20, 2025, on the EEO-1 Data Collection website. The EEOC has expressed that, as part of cost savings, the filing period for EEO-1 data will be shorter than in the past. Specifically, employers will have a deadline for submission of June 24, 2025. It is important to note that no extensions will be granted this year, making timely compliance essential.
In addition to the shorter time period for submission, there are additional changes to the 2024 EEO-1 reporting as discussed here.
Filing Requirements
The EEO-1 Report is a mandatory annual data collection that requires certain employers to submit demographic workforce data, including data by race/ethnicity, sex and job categories. The following entities are required to file:
- Private employers with 100 or more employees;
- Federal contractors with 50 or more employees; and
- Private employers with fewer than 100 employees who are affiliated through centralized control or ownership with other entities, totaling 100 or more employees.
To complete their report, employers must select a workforce snapshot from any pay period between October 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024, for both full-time and part-time employees.