As we discussed yesterday, part of the federal government’s plan to achieve pay equality for men and women involves the collection of compensation data from federal contractors.
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Today, more on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) current activities in this area, courtesy of Attorney Leslie Silverman of the Washington, D.C., law firm Fortney & Scott, LLC.
The EEOC has hired a consultant to conduct an independent pay pilot study and assist with nearly every facet of the project.
According to the terms of the solicitation:
- The EEOC plans to revise its existing EEO-1, EEO-4, and EEO-5 reports to collect summary pay data from employers.
- The agency is pursuing the National Academy of Sciences’ (NAS) recommendation that it collect data on "rate of pay" but has asked the consultant to conduct a detailed statistical analysis and recommend which test it should use when evaluating pay disparities. Once the statistical analysis is complete, the consultant will develop the model for collecting compensation data and obtain EEOC feedback before conducting the pilot.
- The EEOC will provide the consultant with simulated compensation data to run a pilot that will also incorporate the consultant’s recommended statistical measures for pay disparity tests in five EEO-1 industries.
- The consultant will provide the EEOC with an estimate of the burden and the processing cost to the agency and respondents for each of the revised EEO surveys.
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Next Steps?
This multiphased study may take as long as 18 months to complete. Since the EEOC will need to undergo a rulemaking before requiring employers to provide compensation information as part of its annual EEO survey, it will be a number of years before employers will need to provide summary compensation data to the EEOC.
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