Get Eeo Information Request

The laws enforced by the EEOC require the agency to notify the employer that a charge has been filed against it. A Charge of Discrimination can be completed through our EEOC Public Portal after you submit an online inquiry and we interview you. Filing a formal charge of employment discrimination is a serious matter.

How long does EEOC have to respond to a FOIA request? The FOIA specifies that agencies have 20 working days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays after receipt of the FOIA request to issue a determination.

The EEO-1 Component 1 data collection includes workforce demographic information on employee race/ethnicity, sex, and job category. The EEO-1 Component 2 data collection Page 2 2 includes information on W-2 income earnings (aggregated into pay bands) by race/ethnicity, sex, and job category.

Employers who have at least 100 employees and federal contractors who have at least 50 employees are required to complete and submit an EEO-1 Report (a government form that requests information about employees' job categories, ethnicity, race, and gender) to EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor every year.

The Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") is a law that allows any member of the public to request copies of federal government records, including EEOC records. 5 U.S.C. § 552. EEOC makes many records publicly available on the EEOC's main website, such as informal discussion letters and guidance documents.

EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) questions are most commonly found at the very end of a job application. Companies are required to ask EEO questions on job applications in order to file the EEO-1 Report; a compliance survey mandated by federal statute and regulations.

Information obtained from individuals who contact EEOC is confidential and will not be revealed to the employer until the individual files a charge of discrimination.

The EEOC has authority to investigate whether there is reasonable cause to believe discrimination occurred. In many cases, the Respondent may choose to resolve a charge through mediation or settlement.