Should the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) continue collecting EEO‑1 Component 2 pay data, broken down by job category, race, sex and ethnicity? Worker advocates and business groups still disagree on the answer.
At a public hearing Nov. 20, panelists from various backgrounds all agreed that pay equity is an important issue for the government, employers and workers alike, but they disagreed on how to address the wage gap and eliminate discriminatory pay practices.