EEO-1 Reports

Employers with federal government contracts of $50,000 or more, and 50 or more employees, and those who do not have federal contracts but have 100 or more employees must file an EEO-1 Report. Employers use the form to report anonymous annual data about the number of women and minorities in broad occupational categories and subcategories. The EEOC uses the data to support its enforcement of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The EEOC modified the EEO-1 in November 2006, as a result of several developments, including revised government-wide standards about how to report data about race and ethnicity to the federal government.

The specific revisions to the report include:

changes to the race and ethnic categories

adds a new category titled "two or more races"
divides "Asian or Pacific Islander" into two separate categories: "Asian" and "native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander"
renames "Black" as "black or African American"
renames "Hispanic" as "Hispanic or Latino"
strongly endorses self-identification of race and ethnic categories, as opposed to visual identification by employers

changes to the job categories

the current category of "Officials and Managers" will be divided into two levels based on responsibility and influence within the organization

Executive/Senior Level Officials and Managers (plan, direct and formulate policy, set strategy and provide overall direction)
First/Mid-Level Officials and Managers (direct implementation or operations within specific parameters set by Executive/Senior Level Officials and Managers; oversee day to day operations)

moves business and financial occupations from the Officials and Managers category to the Professional category in order to improve data for analyzing trends in mobility of women and minorities within Officials and Managers.

An employer can obtain the necessary information from existing employment records or visual observation if an employee declines to self-identify. However, such records and visual identification may only be used if an employee refuses to self-identify. All affected employers are expected to use the new revised form for the reporting period beginning September 30, 2007.

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