美国特朗普政府领导下的平等就业机会委员会（EEOC）共和党多数派以2比1的投票结果表决通过，决定终止实施了60年的强制性员工人口统计数据收集要求 [1]。该提议将进入30天的公众评论期后最终批准 [1]。
这项始于1966年的数据收集制度覆盖超过50万员工和73000家雇主 [1]。数万家私营企业每年向EEOC提交员工人口统计报告（EEO-1表），记录员工的种族、性别等信息，用于监测就业中的潜在歧视模式。
EEOC主席Andrea Lucas支持该决议，辩称这些年度报告要求给雇主造成"数百万美元"的成本 [1]。Lucas还表示，该要求可能促进种族刻板印象和歧视行为 [1]。
然而民主党专员Kalpana Kotagal公开反对，认为"今天委员会讨论是否要回到民权运动之前的时代" [1]。民权组织也对此表示反对，称这将削弱EEOC检测歧视模式的能力 [1]。
2023年的EEOC数据显示，女性在高管和高级经理职位中的占比为34.5%，男性为52.7% [1]。此外，《罗素3000指数》公司中披露女性员工比例的企业数量从2024年的75%下降至2025年的62%，而有24家标普100公司在2025年选择不公开EEO-1数据，与2024年相比有所减少 [1]。
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's Republican majority has voted to terminate a decades-long requirement for employers to submit demographic data on their workforce. [1] The vote passed 2-1, with the proposal now entering a 30-day public comment period before final approval. [1]
The mandate, which has been in effect since 1966, requires tens of thousands of private businesses to file annual employee demographic reports to the EEOC. [1] The data collection covers information on more than 500,000 employees across approximately 73,000 employers. [1]
EEOC Chair Andrea Lucas has argued that the annual reporting requirement imposes "millions of dollars" in costs on employers and may actually perpetuate racial stereotypes and discriminatory behavior. [1] However, Commissioner Kalpana Kotagal opposed the measure, stating that "today the Commission is discussing whether we want to go back to pre-civil rights era." [1]
Civil rights advocates and Democratic officials have criticized the proposal, contending that ending the data collection will undermine the EEOC's ability to detect patterns of discrimination. [1]
Recent data reveals disparities in workplace representation. In 2023, women held 34.5 percent of executive and senior management positions, while men accounted for 52.7 percent. [1] Additionally, the share of Russell 3000 companies disclosing the percentage of female employees declined from 75 percent in 2024 to 62 percent in 2025, while 24 S&P 100 companies chose not to publicly release their EEO-1 data in 2025. [1]