[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 235 (Monday, December 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72678-72679]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28667]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; 
Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Final Notice of Submission for OMB Review--Extension Without 
Change: Employer Information Report (EEO-1).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) hereby 
gives notice that it has submitted to the Office of Management and 
Budget

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(OMB) a request for a three-year extension without change of the 
Employer Information Report (EEO-1).

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
January 7, 2015.

ADDRESSES: A copy of this ICR and applicable supporting documentation 
submitted to OMB for this review may be obtained from: Ronald Edwards, 
Director, Program Research and Surveys Division, Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 
20507. Comments on this final notice must be submitted to Chad A. 
Lallemand, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget, 725 17th Street NW., Room 10235, New Executive 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20503 or electronically mailed to 
[email protected]. Copies of comments should be sent to 
Bernadette Wilson, Acting Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE., Washington, 
DC 20507. As a convenience to commenters, the Executive Secretariat 
will accept comments totaling six or fewer pages by facsimile (``FAX'') 
machine. This limitation is necessary to assure access to the 
equipment. The telephone number of the fax receiver is (202) 663-4114. 
(This is not a toll-free number). Receipt of FAX transmittals will not 
be acknowledged, except that the sender may request confirmation of 
receipt by calling the Executive Secretariat staff at (202) 663-4070 
(voice) or (202) 663-4074 (TTY). (These are not toll-free telephone 
numbers.) Instead of sending written comments to EEOC, you may submit 
comments and attachments electronically at http://www.regulations.gov, 
which is the Federal eRulemaking Portal. Follow the instructions online 
for submitting comments. All comments received through this portal will 
be posted without change, including any personal information you 
provide. Copies of comments submitted by the public to EEOC directly or 
through the Federal eRulemaking Portal will be available for review, by 
advance appointment only, at the Commission's library between the hours 
of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time or can be reviewed at http://www.regulations.gov. To schedule an appointment to inspect the comments 
at EEOC's library, contact the library staff at (202) 663-4630 (voice) 
or (202) 663-4641 (TTY). (These are not toll-free numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 
131 M Street NE., Room 4SW30F, Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4949 
(voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY). Requests for this notice in an 
alternative format should be made to the Office of Communications and 
Legislative Affairs at (202) 663-4191 (voice) or (202) 663-4494 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice that EEOC would be submitting this 
request was published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2014 (79 FR 
36802), allowing for a 60 day public comment period. One comment was 
received. This comment was in favor of the continued use of the EEO-1, 
and also suggested making a change to the reporting procedures that 
currently prevent parent companies from electronically submitting EEO-1 
reports for different subsidiary companies operating at the same 
physical location within the same industry classification. EEOC has 
contacted the organization that made the comment and is in the process 
of setting up a meeting to determine how this suggestion can be 
implemented by the next reporting cycle.

Overview of Information Collection

    Collection Title: Employer Information Report (EEO-1).
    OMB Number: 3046-0007.
    Frequency of Report: Annual.
    Type of Respondent: Private employers with 100 or more employees 
and certain federal government contractors and first-tier 
subcontractors with 50 or more employees.
    Description of Affected Public: Private employers with 100 or more 
employees and certain federal government contractors and first-tier 
subcontractors with 50 or more employees.
    Number of Responses: 307,103.
    Reporting Hours: 1,044,150.
    Respondent Cost: $19.83 million.
    Federal Cost: $650,000.\1\
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    \1\ The burden and cost estimates in this notice represent the 
most current figures through the 2013 EEO-1 filing period. The above 
estimates differ from those published in the Federal Register on 
June 30, 2014 (79 FR 36802); that notice was inadvertently submitted 
for publication with inaccurate cost and burden estimates included. 
This was in error and the above numbers reflect the estimates that 
should have been included in the June 30, 2014 Federal Register 
notice.
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    Number of Forms: 1.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires employers to make and 
keep records relevant to a determination of whether unlawful employment 
practices have been or are being committed, to preserve such records, 
and to produce such reports as the Commission prescribes by regulation 
or order. Accordingly, the EEOC issued regulations prescribing the EEO-
1 reporting requirement. Employers in the private sector with 100 or 
more employees and some federal contractors with 50 or more employees 
have been required to submit EEO-1 reports annually since 1966. The 
individual reports are confidential. EEO-1 data is used by EEOC to 
investigate charges of employment discrimination against employers in 
private industry and to provide information about the employment status 
of minorities and women. The data is shared with the Office of Federal 
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor, and 
several other federal agencies. Pursuant to Sec.  709(d) of Title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO-1 data is also shared 
with state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents required to 
submit the annual EEO-1 survey is 70,070 private employers. The annual 
number of responses is approximately 307,103. The form is estimated to 
impose 1,044,150 burden hours annually or 3.4 hours per response. In 
order to help reduce survey burden, respondents are encouraged to 
report data electronically whenever possible.

    Dated: November 25, 2014.

    For the Commission.
Jenny R. Yang,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2014-28667 Filed 12-5-14; 8:45 am]
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