Interim Guidance on the use of Race and Ethnic Categories in Affirmative Action Programs: “Beginning in 2007, employers, including Federal contractors, were required to report data about the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of their workforces on a revised Standard Form 100, Employer Information Report (commonly referred to as the “EEO-1 Report”). The revised EEO-1 Report was to be filed for the first time by September 30, 2007.

The previous EEO-1 Report calls for workforce data to be broken down by nine job categories, using five race and ethnic categories. The revised EEO-1 Report changes the race and ethnic categories by adding a new category titled “two or more races” and dividing the category “Asian or Pacific Islander” into two separate categories – “Asian” and “Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islanders.” In addition, the approved revisions divide the Officials and Managers job category into two subgroups – Executives/ Senior Level and First/Mid Level Officials. More information about the revised EEO-1 Report may be found on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s website.”