Labor Department Won’t Use EEOC Pay Data for Bias Probes (1)

The Labor Department won’t accept worker pay data broken down by race, sex, and ethnicity from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, saying that information isn’t necessary for it to flag potential discrimination at federal contractor worksites.

By court order, the EEOC is collecting pay data from employers for the first time in the agency’s history as part of an annual workforce diversity survey, known as the EEO-1. Worker advocates swiftly criticized the move by the DOL’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, which audits government contractors and has sued companies like Oracle and TIAA for allegedly underpaying women and minorities. ...