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<\/div>\n?Federal officials announced on Feb. 7 that they have extended the deadline for contractors to submit objections to the public disclosure of their EEO-1 reports. Now the deadline is Feb. 17 at 11:59 ET.<\/p>\n
What do contractors need to know about this latest development from the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), and what should you do if your company is among those slated to have your information released? <\/p>\n
OFCCP has announced that it will be releasing the Type 2 EEO-1 reports and their sensitive employee demographic data in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request the agency received from the Center for Investigative Reporting. Last fall, contractors had until Oct. 19 to file their objections. <\/p>\n
On Feb. 2, the agency provided the contractor community with what we thought was one final opportunity to object to the disclosure of EEO-1 reports, and it provided a list of contractors slated to have their EEO-1 reports disclosed. At the time of that announcement, the two objection grounds OFCCP would consider were:<\/p>\n
The extended deadline provides one final opportunity for action. In addition to the 10 additional days the contractors will now receive for submitting final objections as a result of the extension, the agency has also said objections may also be submitted to the extent there are entities associated with the contractor’s organization that should be covered within the objection that had been previously filed. This includes merged companies, subsidiaries, and any additional entity information needed to confirm the objection.<\/p>\n
What Should Employers Do?<\/p>\n