Six decades of workplace data may be scrapped in proposed EEOC move

The EEOC plans to end the annual EEO-1 demographic data collection—used to track race, ethnicity, sex and job titles and guide enforcement against bias—arguing it’s unconstitutional or burdensome; critics warn the move would weaken anti-discrimination efforts, obscure disparate impacts, and push the agency toward a more partisan, DEI-opposing stance under the Trump administration.