EEOC Hit with Lawsuit Challenging Policy on Diversity Data (1)

California sued the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over the agency’s policy that limits states’ access to employer data on workplace diversity, alleging the data is crucial for identifying civil rights enforcement priorities.

Minnesota and Maryland also joined the lawsuit filed Friday that seeks access to the data that the EEOC collects through an annual survey known as the EEO-1 Report. The information on workplace diversity is broken down by employer, as well as by race, sex, ethnicity, and job group.

“Good policy and effective enforcement are built on having the facts,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in a statement. ...