美国平等就业机会委员会（EEOC）举行公开听证会，就是否终止实施60年的企业劳动力人口统计数据收集要求进行辩论[1]。EEOC的共和党领导层上月以2:1的投票结果支持停止收集EEO-1数据[1]。该项目自1966年以来要求至少拥有100名员工的公司或至少50名员工的联邦承包商每年提交人口统计报告[1]。
民权组织和研究人员在听证会上强烈反对这一提议[1]。二十二名发言人在听证会上作证，其中大多数反对该提议，仅六人支持[1]。研究人员Donald Tomaskovic-Devey表示："没有EEO-1指标，我们的社会将盲目飞向未来"[1]。倡导者们指出这些数据对于揭示职场系统性歧视至关重要，Rachel Lee指出EEO-1是"唯一暴露我们称之为竹天花板现象的联邦工具"[1]。与此同时，保守派支持特朗普政府的立场，认为该报告制度繁重且可能促进歧视性做法[1]。
该提议目前处于截至8月24日的30天公众评议期[1]。
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission held a public hearing to consider terminating six decades of workforce demographic data collection requirements from private employers.[1] Civil rights organizations and researchers testified against the proposal, arguing that the data is essential for exposing systemic workplace discrimination.[1]
The EEOC's Republican leadership voted 2-to-1 last month to support ending the collection of EEO-1 data, which has been required since 1966 from companies with at least 100 employees or federal contractors with at least 50 workers to submit annual demographic reports.[1] Of the twenty-two speakers who testified at the hearing, the vast majority opposed the proposal, with only six expressing support.[1] Donald Tomaskovic-Devey stated: "Without EEO-1 metrics, our society will fly blind into the future."[1] Rachel Lee underscored the data's significance, noting that EEO-1 is "the only federal tool that exposes what we call the bamboo ceiling phenomenon."[1]
The proposal is currently in a thirty-day public comment period that runs through August 24.[1] Conservative supporters of the Trump administration's position contend that the reporting system is burdensome and may encourage discriminatory practices.[1]