EEOC Eyes Revival of Race-Gender Pay Reports, Tempting Lawsuits

Potential litigation and near-certain business pushback loom over the EEOC as the agency’s new Democratic majority gears up to revisit an abandoned requirement for businesses to annually report their pay data by race and gender.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is widely expected to restore a submission known as EEO-1 Component 2 in the coming months. That collection, which was intended to help address pay gaps for women and minorities, generated controversy and legal challenges across the Obama and Trump administrations.

“We recognize that because most employees don’t know what their colleagues are paid and don’t know how to file ...