Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; Emergency Extension, 3629 [2011-1054]

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• Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 13 (Thursday, January 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 3629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1054]


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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION


Agency Information Collection Activities: Existing Collection; 
Emergency Extension

AGENCY: Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Information Collection--Emergency Extension Without 
Change: Employer Information Report (EEO-1).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, the Equal 
Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC or Commission) announces that 
it submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) a request for 
a three-year extension of the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) to be 
effective after the current January 31, 2011 expiration date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ronald Edwards, Director, Program 
Research and Surveys Division, 131 M Street, NE., Room 4SW30F, 
Washington, DC 20507; (202) 663-4958 (voice) or (202) 663-7063 (TTY).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EEOC has collected information from 
certain private employers on the EEO-1 Report form since 1966.

Overview of Information Collection

    Collection Title: Employer Information Report (EEO-1).
    OMB Number: 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: 599,000.
    Respondent Cost: $11.4 million.
    Federal Cost: $2.1 million.
    Number of Forms: 1.
    Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e-8(c), requires employers to make and 
keep records relevant to a 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. Accordingly, the EEOC issued regulations prescribing the EEO-1 
reporting requirement. Employers in the private sector with 100 or more 
employees and some federal contractors with 50 or more employees have 
been required to submit EEO-1 reports annually since 1966. The 
individual reports are confidential. EEO-1 data is used by EEOC to 
investigate charges of employment discrimination against employers in 
private industry and to provide information about the employment status 
of minorities and women. The data is shared with the Office of Federal 
Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), U.S. Department of Labor, and 
several other federal agencies. Pursuant to Sec.  709(d) of Title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO-1 data is also shared 
with state and local Fair Employment Practices Agencies (FEPAs).
    Burden Statement: The estimated number of respondents included in 
the annual EEO-1 survey is 45,000 private employers. The estimated 
number of establishment-based responses per reporting company is 
between three and four EEO-1 reports annually. The annual number of 
responses is approximately 170,000. The form is estimated to impose 
599,000 burden hours annually. In order to help reduce survey burden, 
respondents are encouraged to report data electronically whenever 
possible.

    Dated: December 22, 2010.

    For the Commission.
Jacqueline A. Berrien,
Chair.
[FR Doc. 2011-1054 Filed 1-19-11; 8:45 am]
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