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EEOC wants to stop collecting data used to fight discrimination

NPR | By Andrea Hsu
Published May 20, 2026 at 5:56 PM EDT

Since 1966, companies have been required to send the federal government demographic data on their employees, part of an effort to combat discrimination. Under Trump, the data collection may end.

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Andrea Hsu
Andrea Hsu is NPR's labor and workplace correspondent.
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