EEOC’s Pay Data Collection Reinstated by Federal Judge

A stalled Obama-era requirement for employers to report their pay data to a federal civil rights agency has been revived by a federal judge.

The White House’s Office of Management and Budget didn’t provide a “reasoned explanation” for placing a hold on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s pay data collection, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled March 4.

Chutkan ordered the collection to go back into effect, meaning most private employers with 100 or more employees will have to submit information on their workers’ wages and hours—broken down by race, sex, ...