The EEOC recently released a new technical assistance document focusing on how artificial intelligence (AI) and automated systems are incorporated into employment decisions, and how Title VII of the Civil Rights Act applies to those actions. EEOC Chair Charlotte A Burrows said, “[a]s employers increasingly turn to AI and other automated systems, they must ensure that the use of these technologies aligns with the civil rights laws and our national values of fairness, justice a

The deadline for companies to file their 2019 EEO-1 reports is near, but the portal is not open. The EEOC is still waiting for approval from the Office of Management and Budget to disconnect from the previous year’s Component 2 data, and to collect only Component 1 race and gender data for 2019, 2020, and 2021. The opening date for the portal, as well as the new deadline date, will be announced via a posting on the EEOC website and notification letters to eligible EEO-1 fi