*By David R. Vance
Title VII applies to employers who employ 15 or more employees for more
than 19 weeks in the current or preceding calendar year. The U.S. Equal
Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) requires private employers,
who are subject to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and have 100 or
more employees, to file annually an Employer Information Report (EEO-1)
survey. An employer with less than 100 employees also must file an
EEO-1 if the company is subject to Title VII and is owned or affiliated
with another company which combined employs a total of 100 or more
employees. Some private federal contractors must also complete the
survey.
If your company has not already, it should receive from the
EEOC notification regarding the survey including filing materials. The
survey provides numerical data of employees by job category, ethnicity,
race and gender and must be completed by September 30, 2009. The EEOC
prefers the form be submitted online at http://www.eeoc.gov/eeo1survey/. A hardcopy of the form and further instructions also are available at this website.
If you have any questions about the applicability of the survey to your business, please contact David Vance (drv@zrlaw.com) at 216.696.4441.
*David Vance practices in all areas of
labor and employment law. For more information on any labor or
employment issue, contact David at 216.696.4441 or drv@zrlaw.com.
