The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission plans to issue a proposed rule next year on collecting compensation data from employers, according to the Biden administration’s newly released regulatory agenda.
If the proposal goes forward (RIN:3046-AB15), it could set the groundwork for reviving a controversial Obama-era requirement for large businesses to annually submit their pay data by race, sex, and job category to the EEOC.
That reporting mandate was mired in contentious litigation during the Trump administration that ultimately resulted in court-mandated pay reporting for a limited period of time. The commission later decided to discontinue the collection ...