The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is considering tracking nonbinary employee data in the workforce, joining a trend in other federal enforcement agencies, such as the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). We’ve gathered articles on the news from SHRM Online and other media outlets.
Revisions to EEO-1 Form Requires Certain Procedural Steps
People who are nonbinary don’t identify exclusively as male or female. While the EEOC is exploring ways to collect nonbinary gender data from employers—the first time the agency has signaled such an interest—the agency doesn’t have authorization to require employers to collect that information in EEO-1 reports.