[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48138-48142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19767]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Request for new Control 
Number for a Currently Approved Collection: Employer Information Report 
(EEO-1) Component 1; Revision of Existing Approval for EEO-1 Component 
2.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), the 
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces 
that it intends to submit to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
a request for a three-year PRA approval of Component 1 of the Employer 
Information Report (EEO-1). The EEOC intends to seek OMB approval to 
remove Component 1 from OMB control number 3046-0007 and to request its 
approval under a new control number. The EEOC does not intend to submit 
to OMB a request to renew Component 2 under OMB control number 3046-
0007. The EEO-1 Component 1 collections for 2016, 2017, and 2018 under 
the 3046-0007 control number have been completed. However, the EEO-1 
Component 2 collections for 2017 and 2018 are now underway under this 
same control number, and as discussed in National Women's Law Center, 
et al. v. Office of Management and Budget, et al., Component 2 approval 
under control number 3046-0007 will expire no later than April 5, 2021, 
by order of the court. The EEOC believes a new OMB control number for 
Component 1 that is separate from the current control number for the 
Component 2 collection will minimize confusion for EEO-1 filers.

DATES: Written comments on this notice must be submitted on or before 
November 12, 2019.

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ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods--
please use only one method:
    Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. Follow the 
instructions on the website for submitting comments.
    Mail: Comments may be submitted by mail to Bernadette B. Wilson, 
Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 20507.
    Fax: Comments totaling six or fewer pages can be sent by facsimile 
(``fax'') machine to (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 (800) 669-6820 (TTY). 
(These are not toll-free telephone numbers.)
    Instructions: All comments received must include the agency name 
and docket number. All comments received will be posted without change 
to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information 
provided. However, the EEOC reserves the right to refrain from posting 
libelous or otherwise inappropriate comments, including those that 
contain obscene, indecent, or profane language; that contain threats or 
defamatory statements; that contain hate speech directed at race, 
color, sex, national origin, age, religion, disability, or genetic 
information; or that promote or endorse services or products.
    All comments received, including any personal information provided, 
also will be available for public inspection during normal business 
hours by appointment only at the EEOC Headquarters' Library, 131 M 
Street NE, Washington, DC 20507. Upon request, individuals who require 
assistance viewing comments are provided appropriate aids such as 
readers or print magnifiers. To schedule an appointment to inspect the 
comments at the EEOC's library, contact the library staff at (202) 663-
4630 (voice) or (800) 669-6820 (TTY). (These are not toll-free 
numbers.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rashida Dorsey, Ph.D., MPH, Director, 
Data Development and Information Products Division and Senior Advisor 
on Data Strategy, Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics, Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission, 131 M Street NE, Washington, DC 
20507, (202) 663-4355 (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: Since 1966, the EEOC has required EEO-1 
filers to submit demographic data (Component 1) on an annual basis. All 
private employers that are covered by Title VII and have 100 or more 
employees are required to file the Component 1 data. In addition, 
Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) regulations 
require certain federal contractors to file the EEO-1 if they have 50 
or more employees and are not exempt as provided for by 41 CFR 60-
1.5.\1\ In 2016, the EEOC proposed to revise the EEO-1 report to add 
the collection of specific summary pay data (Component 2) and sought 
OMB approval under the PRA. OMB approved the proposed collection of 
Component 2 data for calendar years 2017 and 2018 under OMB control 
number 3046-0007 on September 29, 2016. OMB's approval on this date 
also covered the 2016, 2017, and 2018 collection of Component 1 data.
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    \1\ Unless otherwise noted, the term ``contractor'' refers to 
federal contractors and first-tier subcontractors that satisfy the 
employee and contract size coverage criteria that subject them to 
the EEO-1 reporting obligations. The term ``private employers'' or 
``private industry'' refers to all other entities required to file 
the EEO-1 that are not included in the ``contractor'' designation. 
The term ``employer'' or ``filer'' refers collectively to all 
entities that are required to file EEO-1 data.
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    Exercising its authority under the PRA, on August 29, 2017, OMB 
stayed the EEOC's collection of Component 2 data (OMB did not stay the 
collection of Component 1 data). During the term of this stay, the EEOC 
collected only Component 1 data for reporting years 2017 and 2018. 
Subsequently, on March 4, 2019, the court in National Women's Law 
Center, et al. v. Office of Management and Budget, et al., Civil Action 
No. 17-cv-2458 (D.D.C.), vacated OMB's stay of Component 2 and ordered 
that the previous approval of the revised EEO-1 was in effect. On April 
25, 2019, the court further ordered that the PRA approval for the EEO-1 
including Component 2 data, OMB control number 3046-0007, would expire 
no later than April 5, 2021, and that the collection of Component 2 
would not be deemed complete until the percentage of filers submitting 
Component 2 reports equals or exceeds the mean percentage of EEO-1 
reporters that actually submitted EEO-1 reports in each of the past 
four reporting years. The court further ordered that the EEOC must 
collect the Component 2 data for 2017 and 2018 by September 30, 2019. 
This case is now pending on appeal before the U.S. Court of Appeals for 
the D.C. Circuit. National Women's Law Center, et al. v. Office of 
Management and Budget, et al., Case No. 19-5130 (D.C. Cir.).
    Because OMB did not stay the EEOC's collection of Component 1 data 
on August 29, 2017, the EEOC collected EEO-1 Component 1 data for each 
of the three years covered by the September 29, 2016 PRA approval. 
Accordingly, under the PRA, the EEOC must now seek from OMB an 
extension in order to continue to collect EEO-1 Component 1 data for 
2019, 2020, and 2021. To minimize confusion in light of the above-
referenced litigation, the EEOC will be asking OMB to approve Component 
1 under a new OMB control number.
    In May 2018, the EEOC created the Office of Enterprise Data and 
Analytics (OEDA) with the goal of creating a 21st century data and 
analytics organization at the agency. OEDA is largely staffed by data 
scientists and statisticians who did not work at the EEOC in 2016 when 
the Commission was developing the previous EEO-1 approval. In March 
2019, the EEOC began preparing to seek continued approval of the EEO-1 
collection under the PRA. Staff in OEDA revisited the previous 
methodology for calculating burden estimates utilized by the EEOC for 
the EEO-1, taking into consideration Government Accountability Office 
(GAO) and OMB guidance on the appropriate methodology for calculating 
burden estimates in federal information collections.\2\ In light of 
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considerations, OEDA staff believed that the EEOC's previous burden 
estimate for the EEO-1 had insufficiently calculated what the burden 
would be to submit the data. On May 15, 2019, Janet Dhillon was sworn 
in as Chair of the EEOC, restoring the EEOC's quorum, which it had lost 
in January 2019. After Chair Dhillon assumed this role, the Director of 
OEDA informed her of OEDA's concerns about the previous burden 
estimates for the EEO-1.
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    \2\ See Government Accountability Office Report GAO-18-381, 
``PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT, Agencies Could Better Leverage Review 
Processes and Public Outreach to Improve Burden Estimates,'' July 
2018, https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/693057.pdf, p. 8, Footnote a to 
Figure 2. (``A single information collection request may contain 
multiple burden hour estimate formulas depending, for example, on 
whether there are different forms or different types of respondents. 
The total annual burden hour estimate is the sum of all of 
individual burden hour estimate formulas. If the information request 
is for the maximum 3-year period, then the annual burden estimate is 
the average over that 3-year period.''); see also ROCIS HOW TO Guide 
for Agency Users of the (ICR) Module, April 5, 2017, https://www.rocis.gov/rocis/jsp3/common/ROCIS_HOW_TO_Guide_for_AGENCY_Users_of_ICR_Module-04052017.pdf, p. 
105, ] 12. (``Provide estimates of the hour burden of the collection 
of information. The statement should:
    * Indicate the number of respondents, frequency of response, 
annual hour burden, and an explanation of how the burden was 
estimated. Unless directed to do so, agencies should not conduct 
special surveys to obtain information on which to base hour burden 
estimates. Consultation with a sample (fewer than 10) of potential 
respondents is desirable. If the hour burden on respondents is 
expected to vary widely because of differences in activity, size, or 
complexity, show the range of estimated hour burden, and explain the 
reasons for the variance. Generally, estimates should not include 
burden hours for customary and usual business practices.
    * If this request for approval covers more than one form, 
provide separate hour burden estimates for each form and aggregate 
the hour burdens.
    * Provide estimates of annualized cost to respondents for the 
hour burdens for collections of information, identifying and using 
appropriate wage rate categories. The cost of contracting out or 
paying outside parties for information collection activities should 
not be included here. Instead, this cost should be included under 
`Annual Cost to Federal Government'.'')
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    Accordingly, the EEOC re-examined the methodology used to calculate 
the 2016 burden for the collection of EEO-1 data and concluded that the 
methodology did not adhere to the standard approach for estimating 
burden in federal data collections. Unlike the guidance provided by 
both GAO and OMB, the EEOC had estimated burden at the individual 
employer level in the 2016 package and not at the individual form 
level.\3\ Not adhering to this standard practice resulted in an 
extremely low estimate of the burden on employers. Based on the 
following analysis and as specified below, the EEOC now concludes that 
the burden estimate associated with the EEO-1 is higher than it has 
previously estimated.
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    \3\ The EEOC refers to the various individual EEO-1 forms that 
employers must file as ``reports''. See footnote 4 for an 
explanation of the types of reports required to be filed.
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    In 2016, the methodology used to calculate the burden relied almost 
exclusively on the number of employers or ``EEO-1 filers'' without 
considering the variation in burden attributable to the different 
number and types of EEO-1 reports that different employers file. 
Essentially, the 2016 methodology treated all employers the same. The 
EEO-1 Instructions direct an employer with only a single location to 
file one EEO-1 report, while directing an employer with numerous 
locations to file a corresponding number of EEO-1 ``establishment'' 
reports, as well as a headquarters report and a consolidated report.\4\ 
The time and resources used to collect and report data for a large 
number of these reports at different locations, some of which are more 
detailed than others, is necessarily greater than that needed to 
prepare a single report or a few reports at one or two locations. 
Nonetheless, the initial 2016 burden methodology ``was [exclusively] 
based on the number of firms filing one or more EEO-1 reports, not on 
the number of reports submitted or the number of separate 
establishments submitting reports.'' \5\ The final 2016 methodology 
acknowledged that the number of reports could change the burden on 
employers, but it still assumed ``that the bulk of the tasks performed 
in completing the EEO-1 report will be completed at the firm level due 
to the centrality of automation.'' \6\ Applying this 2016 methodology, 
the EEOC concluded that ``the total estimated annual burden hour costs 
for employers and contractors that will complete both Components 1 and 
2 in 2017 and 2018 will be $53,546,359.08.'' \7\
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    \4\ A single-establishment employer is required to submit only 
one EEO-1 data report--a type 1 EEO-1 Report. A multi-establishment 
employer is required to submit several reports: The type 2 
`Consolidated Report' must include all employees of the employer 
categorized by race, gender and job category and the type 3 
`Headquarters Report' must include employees working at the main 
office site of the employer and those employees that work from home 
that report to the corporate office. In addition, a separate EEO-1 
report for the headquarters establishment is required even if there 
are fewer than 50 employees working at the headquarters 
establishment. Type 4 `Establishment Reports' must be submitted for 
each physical establishment with 50 or more employees. Employment 
data must be categorized by race or ethnicity, gender, and job 
category. Establishment sites with fewer than 50 employees must 
submit either a type 8 or a type 6 report. An employer submitting 
type 8 `Establishment Reports' should submit a separate report for 
each establishment employing fewer than 50 employees. Like the type 
4 `Establishment Report', type 8 report employment data must also be 
categorized by race or ethnicity, gender, and job category. For type 
6 `Establishment List' the establishment name, complete address, and 
total number of employees must be provided for each physical 
location where fewer than 50 employees are working. Employers 
choosing a type 6 data report for each establishment employing fewer 
than 50 employees must manually enter data categorized by race or 
ethnicity, gender, and job category to the type 2 `Consolidated 
Report' to include all company employees. Filers choosing to create 
a type 8 report for each establishment employing fewer than 50 
employees must enter employment data categorized by race or 
ethnicity, gender, and job category for each type 8 report. The 
employment data entered for each such establishment on a type 8 
report will automatically populate the type 2 Consolidated Report.
    \5\ Agency Information Collection Activities; Notice of 
Submission for OMB Review, Final Comment Request: Revision of the 
Employer Information Report (EEO-1), 81 FR 45479, 45493 (July 14, 
2016) (``the EEOC [initially] concluded that most employers would be 
filing the EEO-1 with a digital file upload by the time they file 
their EEO-1 reports for 2017 and 2018. Therefore, in the 60-Day 
Notice, the EEOC reasoned that `each additional report filed [would 
have] just a marginal additional cost.' Accordingly, the burden 
calculation in the [2016] 60-Day Notice was based on the number of 
firms filing one or more EEO-1 reports, not on the number of reports 
submitted or the number of separate establishments submitting 
reports.'')
    \6\ Id. (``Second, the EEOC no longer assumes that all the EEO-1 
reports for 2017 and 2018 will be submitted by one data upload filed 
by the firm on behalf of all the establishments. While still 
reflecting that the bulk of the tasks performed in completing the 
EEO-1 report will be completed at the firm level due to the 
centrality of automation, the EEOC's 30-Day Notice recognizes that 
there are certain tasks that will be performed at the establishment 
level for employers who enter their EEO-1 data directly onto the 
Joint Reporting Committee's secure portal. Therefore, the 30-Day 
Notice burden calculations are based on the number of hours needed 
to complete the tasks at the firm level and also at the 
establishment level for the proportion of EEO-1 filers who do not 
now use centralized, secure data uploads.'')
    \7\ Id.
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    The EEOC has developed a more accurate methodology that 
deconstructs the total number of reports submitted by report type and 
by filer type, and then estimates an average burden based on the number 
and types of reports submitted.\8\ These estimates account for the 
different amounts of time required for different types of EEO-1 
reports,\9\ and are based on EEOC experience during the data submission 
process. (See infra note 21 for the specific number of hours for each 
type of EEO-1 report.) Even using modest assumptions about the time 
needed to complete various EEO-1 reports, as explained in detail below, 
the EEOC estimates with this new methodology that the burden hour costs 
for submitting both Components 1 and 2 would be $614,391,388 in 2017 
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$622,015,798 in 2018.\10\ Under the PRA, the EEOC must balance the 
utility of the data to its enforcement programs against the burden the 
data collection as structured imposes on the employers who must submit 
it. The Commission now concludes that it should consider information 
from the ongoing Component 2 data collection before deciding whether to 
submit a pay data collection to OMB. At this point in time, the 
unproven utility to its enforcement program of the pay data as defined 
in the 2016 Component 2 is far outweighed by the burden imposed on 
employers that must comply with the reporting obligation. Therefore, 
the EEOC is not seeking to renew Component 2 of the EEO-1.\11\
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    \8\ See footnote 2, supra; see also, e.g., Mortality in 
Correctional Institutions, 84 FR 1507, 1508-09 (2019).
    \9\ Using Component 1 2017 data as the basis for an example of 
the new methodology, 75,043 EEO-1 filers submitted a total of 
1,597,036 Component 1 reports to the EEOC. Forty percent, or 30,203 
filers, submitted a report for only a single establishment. Single 
establishment filers are referred to as ``Type 1'' filers by the 
EEOC. Each Type 1 filer submitted a single report, yielding a total 
of 30,203 reports in 2017. These Type 1 filers have the lowest 
burden, with an average estimated burden of 45 minutes annually to 
complete their submission of Component 1.
    Multiple establishment filers are referred to as ``Type 2'' 
filers by the EEOC. In 2017, Type 2 filers accounted for 60%, or 
44,840 filers of Component 1, and in 2017 submitted a total of 
1,566,833 reports, or 98% of all Component 1 EEO-1 reports 
submitted. Type 2 filers have a higher reporting burden because they 
are required to submit a combination of reports: One type 2 
(``consolidation'') report, one type 3 (``headquarters'') report, 
and a type 4 establishment report, a type 8 establishment report, or 
a type 6 establishment list for each establishment. The estimated 
burden for Type 2 filers varies between 3.5 and 9.5 hours, depending 
on the report type combination. This new method for calculating the 
filers' burden yielded a total estimated burden of 7,643,874 hours 
for 75,043 filers to submit 1,597,036 reports for data year 2017. 
Per U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics wage 
rates, the associated total annual burden hour cost is $297,381,066 
for required filers. The EEOC estimates that the total cost of the 
administration of the EEO-1 Component data collection to the federal 
government is $2 million annually.
    \10\ The EEOC uses 2017 and 2018 data as an example because it 
is the agency's most recent data.
    \11\ Due to the high estimated burden associated with adding pay 
data collection to the EEO-1, if the EEOC seeks to pursue a pay data 
collection in the future it will do so using notice and comment 
rulemaking and a public hearing pursuant to Title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964. Furthermore, before undertaking a new pay data 
collection, the EEOC believes the process would benefit from a 
reexamination of the recommendations in the EEOC-commissioned 2012 
study from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), entitled 
``Collecting Compensation Data from Employers,'' which examined the 
potential benefits and burdens of collecting pay data from 
employers.
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    Despite the higher burden, the EEOC still intends to continue its 
collection of Component 1 data. Collection of Component 1 data is a 
long-held practice that has occurred for over 50 years and has already 
proven its utility to the EEOC's enforcement of employment 
discrimination laws in many ways. Component 1 EEO-1 data is an 
important internal resource for analysis of industries and regions, and 
also for investigators who use the EEO-1 along with other data sources 
as they start to assess allegations of discrimination. Under these 
circumstances, even with a higher burden estimate, the EEOC believes 
that the collection of Component 1 data is necessary for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions and has a practical utility to 
the fulfillment of the EEOC's mission.
    Pursuant to the PRA and OMB regulation 5 CFR 1320.8(d)(1), the 
Commission solicits public comment on its intent to seek PRA approval 
of Component 1 of the EEO-1 under a new OMB control number to: (1) 
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is necessary 
for the proper performance of the Commission's functions, including 
whether the information will have practical utility; (2) Evaluate the 
accuracy of the Commission's estimate of the burden of the proposed 
collection of information, including the validity of the methodology 
and assumptions used; (3) Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of 
the information to be collected; and (4) Minimize the burden of the 
collection of information on those who are to respond, including the 
use of appropriate automated, electronic, mechanical, or other 
technological collection techniques or other forms of information 
technology, e.g., permitting electronic submission of responses.
    Because the number of Component 1 filers increased to 87,021 by the 
close of data year 2018, the EEOC is estimating that the number of 
filers required to submit Component 1 will increase again to 
approximately 90,000 for data years 2019 through 2021. Accordingly, the 
EEOC is calculating the burden estimates in this notice based on this 
revised estimate of the number of filers. The agency is using the 
methodology outlined above.

Overview of Information Collection

Component 1

    Collection Title: Employer Information Report (EEO-1) Component 1.
    OMB Number: 3046-XXXX (previously was 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.
    Reporting Hours: 9,167,393.
    Respondent Burden Hour Cost: $297 million.\12\
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    \12\ This estimate is based on the most recent median pay data 
from the Board of Labor Statistics. We estimated that a computer 
support specialist would account for 60% of the estimated hourly 
wage; a database administrator would account for 20%; an HR 
specialist would account for 10%; legal counsel would account for 5% 
and an CEO would account for 5%, for a total estimated hourly wage 
of $32.44. See U.S. Dept. of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
Occupational Outlook Handbook, https://www.bls.gov/ooh/business-and-financial/human-resources-specialists.htm.
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    Federal Cost: $2 million.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964 (Title VII) requires employers to make and keep records relevant 
to the determination of whether unlawful employment practices have been 
or are being committed, to preserve such records, and to produce 
reports as the Commission prescribes by regulation or order.\13\ 
Pursuant to this statutory authority, the EEOC in 1966 issued a 
regulation requiring certain employers to file executed copies of the 
EEO-1 in conformity with the directions and instructions on the form, 
which called for reporting employee data by job category, ethnicity, 
race, and sex.\14\ Pursuant to Executive Order 11246,\15\ the Office of 
Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor, 
in 1978 issued its regulation describing the EEO-1 as a report 
``promulgated jointly with the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission'' and requiring certain contractors to submit ``complete and 
accurate reports'' annually.\16\ Currently, Component 1 of the EEO-1 
directs certain covered employers with more than 50 employees 
(contractors) or 100 employees (private industry) to report annually 
the number of individuals they employ by job category and by race, 
ethnicity, and sex.\17\ The data include seven race and ethnicity 
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and ten job categories,\19\ by sex. The individual EEO-1 reports are 
confidential. EEO-1 data are used by the EEOC to investigate charges of 
employment discrimination against employers in private industry and to 
provide information about the employment status of minorities and 
women.
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    \13\ 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c).
    \14\ The EEOC's EEO-1 regulation is at 29 CFR part 1602 Subpart 
B. The EEOC is responsible for obtaining OMB's PRA approval for the 
EEO-1 report.
    \15\ Exec. Order No. 11,246, 30 FR 12,319 (Sept. 24, 1965).
    \16\ 41 CFR 60-1.7(a). The EEOC may also share EEO-1 data with 
state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies under the 
authority of section 709(d) of Title VII. Subject to their agreement 
to retain confidentiality as required by 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(e), the 
EEOC shares EEO-1 reports with the Department of Justice (DOJ), the 
Federal Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the National Credit Union 
Administration (NCUA). The FDIC and NCUA use EEO-1 data pursuant to 
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 
2010 to help analyze diversity in management, employment, and 
business activities. DOJ uses the EEO-1 data when it defends OFCCP 
in litigation, in the event a federal contractor sues OFCCP to 
prevent debarment.
    \17\ The EEO-1 uses federal race and ethnicity categories, which 
were adopted by the Commission in 2005 and implemented in 2007.
    \18\ Hispanic or Latino--A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto 
Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin 
regardless of race.
    White (Not Hispanic or Latino)--A person having origins in any 
of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.
    Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino)--A person 
having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.
    Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or 
Latino)--A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, 
Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.
    Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino)--A person having origins in any 
of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the 
Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, 
Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, 
and Vietnam.
    American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino)--A 
person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and 
South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal 
affiliation or community attachment.
    Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino)--All persons who 
identify with more than one of the above five races.
    \19\ The ten job groups are: Executive/Senior Level Officials 
and Managers; First/Mid Level Officials and Managers; Professionals; 
Technicians; Sales Workers; Administrative Support Workers; Craft 
Workers; Operatives; Laborers and Helpers; and Service Workers.
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    Burden Statement: The previous annual estimated burden for 
Component 1 under the 2016 clearance \20\ was 1,952,146 hours. After 
reviewing the methodology used to calculate the 2016 burden for 
Component 1, we identified an approach we believe is substantially more 
precise.
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    \20\ The 2016 burden was estimated to be 6.6 hours per 
respondent, multiplied by 60,886 respondents. The EEOC has now 
determined that the proper unit of analysis to calculate burden 
should be the number of reports submitted by report type, rather 
than the number of respondents.
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    The methodology used in this notice to calculate the burden for 
Component 1 is to separate Type 1 (single establishment) and Type 2 
(multi-establishment) filers and calculate the burden by considering 
the following factors: type of filer, the combination of report types 
submitted by the filer, and the total number of reports filers will 
certify to complete their EEO-1 submission.
    An estimate of the total number of respondents and the amount of 
time estimated for an average respondent to respond: The estimated 
number of respondents who must annually file EEO-1 Component 1 data for 
the next three years is 90,000 filers each year. The EEOC estimates 
that the 90,000 filers will submit 1,915,345 reports. Reports represent 
the annual number of responses. About 40% of Component 1 filers (36,223 
filers) will submit a single report on a single establishment, and it 
is estimated that it will take these filers an average of 45 minutes 
per reporting year to complete their Component 1 EEO-1 report. About 
60% of Component 1 filers (53,777 filers) will report data on multiple 
establishments. All multi-establishment filers must complete both type 
2 and type 3 reports, in addition to completing either a type 4, 6, or 
8 report for each establishment for each reporting year, for a total of 
1,879,122 multi-establishment EEO-1 reports submitted by 53,777 multi-
establishment filers. While the actual submission time for single and 
multi-establishment filers varies,\21\ for purposes of this exercise we 
estimate that it will take a filer, on average, under 5 hours to 
complete their Component 1 EEO-1 report. Each filer will be asked to 
respond to Component 1 of the EEO-1 once annually. The burden estimate 
is based on data from prior administrations of Component 1 of the EEO-
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    \21\ Burden for single establishment filers is based on a single 
report. Burden for multi-establishment reporters is cumulative and 
is based on the report type combination. EEO-1 project staff 
estimate that the average completion time for the type 2 report 
would be 45 minutes, the completion of the type 3 report adds an 
average of 45 minutes to the burden, and the completion of type 4 
reports adds an average of 2 hours to the burden, so a Type 2 filer 
completing type 4 reports will have an average burden of 3.5 hours 
(45 minutes for the type 2 report, plus 45 minutes for the type 3 
report, plus 2 hours for the type 4 reports). A Type 2 filer 
completing type 6 reports will add--on average--8 hours to the 
burden, for a total burden of 9.5 hours. A Type 2 filer completing 
type 8 reports will add--on average--3 hours to the burden, for a 
total burden of 4.5 hours. While this analysis recognizes that 
individual filers' burdens will vary, on average a multi-
establishment filer submitting 2/3/4 reports would have the lowest 
estimated burden of 3.5 hours while a filer submitting 2/3/6 reports 
would have the highest estimated average burden of 9.5 hours. Once 
Type 1, or single establishment filers, and filers submitting 2/3/8 
are considered, the average estimated burden for EEO-1 filers is 
approximately 5 hours.
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    An estimate of the total public burden (in hours) associated with 
the collection: The collection of EEO-1 Component 1 data for calendar 
years 2019, 2020, and 2021 is estimated to impose a total of 9,167,393 
annual burden hours for 1,915,345 Component 1 reports. Filers are 
encouraged to report data electronically to decrease burden.

    Dated: September 9, 2019.

    For the Commission.
Janet Dhillon,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2019-19767 Filed 9-11-19; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6570-01-P