Merck has published a sustainability report every year for 13 years. Its website still states that the company was among the first in the U.S. to disclose its EEO-1 data and that it continues to do so annually. The report … Read More
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The Fight Over EEO-1 Isn’t Really About Paperwork
The public comment period on the EEOC’s proposal to eliminate EEO-1 reporting closed on August 24. The docket contains 2,580 comments. The overwhelming majority oppose rescission. That headline number isn’t worth much on its own: more than 1,800 submissions came through three … Read More
The Dataset That Built PeopleReturn
On July 21, the EEOC voted 2-1 to publish a proposed rule rescinding the EEO-1 report, along with the EEO-2 through EEO-6 collections and the recordkeeping requirements attached to them. The proposal now sits in a 30-day comment period that … Read More
“Lower-Value Human Capital,” Falling Meta Morale, and the Transparency Pullback
The Workforce Transparency Boom Is Fading For nearly 60 years, the federal government has collected workforce demographic data from tens of thousands of American employers through the EEO-1 reporting system. That system may now be ending. On May 14, the … Read More
PayPal’s DEI Settlement, JPMorgan’s Governance Fight, and the Great Corporate Relabeling
Everything Is DEI Now The Justice Department announced a settlement this week with PayPal over its 2020 Economic Opportunity Fund, which invested in Black and minority-owned businesses. Under the settlement, PayPal will replace the program with a new initiative focused on veterans, … Read More
Disclosure Is Collapsing, Synchrony Is Winning Without RTO, and the EEOC Changes the Rules Again
Proxy Season Is Mostly Over. Meeting Season Isn’t. We’re effectively at the end of proxy reporting season. PeopleReturn has now processed nearly 2,400 Russell 3000 proxy statements filed in 2026, and the filing rush is largely behind us. But the … Read More