Policy gears While the updated methodology increased the burden for filing just Component 1 information, the EEOC asserts that it's "proven utility" justifies its continued collection. (Photo: Shutterstock)

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has published a notice in the Federal Register that it will not seek approval from the Office of Management and Budget to renew the requirement that employers with 100 or more workers collect pay data based on gender, ethnicity and race, added to the EEO-1 reports by the Obama administration.

However, the agency will ask permission to renew the requirement that employers collect other worker demographic data per the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

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Katie Kuehner-Hebert

Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a freelance writer based in Running Springs, Calif. She has more than three decades of journalism experience, with particular expertise in employee benefits and other human resource topics.