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Companies May Soon Be Able to Stop Reporting Employees’ Race
July 27, 2026 // The change is a move in the right direction. It addresses the unseemliness, potential constitutional problems, and implied DEI pressure inherent in the government’s demand for these data. The key caveats are that employers may continue to collect the underlying information, that the numbers may occasionally be missed in legitimate lawsuits and investigations—including challenges to DEI practices—and that a future administration can undo the change. In its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, the EEOC highlights several key justifications for ditching the reporting requirements. These requirements, perhaps surprisingly, are not spelled out in the law and lie within the agency’s discretion.