EEOC opens EEO-1 report portal

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) officially opened the 2024 EEO-1 Component 1 data collection portal on May 25, 2025. All private employers with 100 or more employees and any federal contractors with 50 or more employees are required to file their EEO-1 reports by June 24, 2025. On the EEOC website, employers can find FAQs, an instruction booklet, fact sheets, file specifications, and more.

In her message announcing the opening of the portal, acting EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas reinforces the Trump administration’s anti-DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) push, stating:

I want to take this opportunity to remind you of your obligations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 not to take any employment actions based on, or motivated in whole or in part by, any employee’s race, sex, or other protected characteristics.

She goes on to say there is no “diversity” exception to Title VII’s requirements and reminds employers that just because they collect and report race and sex data does not justify using the data to treat employees differently based on protected characteristics. Lucas also notes that President Trump’s Executive Order on disparate impact directs all agencies including the EEOC to deprioritize disparate impact enforcement.

Lucas announces EEOC results in first 120 days

On May 22, EEOC Acting Chair Andrea Lucas issued a statement taking credit for what the EEOC has done in the first 120 days of the new Trump administration, including: