FCC Chairman Celebrates Court Loss in Case over Biden-Era Diversity Rule

FCC chairman celebrates court loss in case over Biden-era diversity rule

5th Circuit: FCC can’t force broadcasters to report race and gender of employees.

Appeals Court Strikes Down FCC Workplace Diversity Reporting Rule

A federal appeals court on May 19 struck down a Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rule that required broadcasters to report workplace diversity data to the agency, finding the FCC does not have the authority to compel the reporting of such information. “While its authority to act in the public interest is broad, the FCC cannot invoke public interest to expand the scope of its authority to act in ways Congress has not authorized it to act,”…

FCC chairman celebrates court loss in case over Biden-era diversity rule - WorldNL Magazine

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr celebrated an FCC court loss yesterday after a ruling that struck down Biden-era diversity reporting requirements that Carr voted against while Democrats were in charge. "An appellate court just struck down the Biden FCC's 2024 decision to force broadcasters to post race and gender scorecards," Carr wrote. "As I said in my dissent back then, the FCC's 2024 decision was an unlawful effort to…

5th Circuit Rejects Broadcaster EEO Data Collection Rule

Requiring most broadcasters to gather and report equal employment opportunity data on workforce diversity is outside the FCC's legal authority, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday. The Texas Association of Broadcasters, National Religious Broadcasters and American Family...

Court Blocks FCC Gender/Race Data Collection

Broadcasters won’t be required to report employee demographic data to the FCC after all. A three-judge panel of a federal appeals court in Texas on Monday unanimously vacated last year’s order. The commission is not expected to appeal. Starting in 1970 the FCC had used Form 395-B to collect race, ethnicity and gender data until the practice was suspended in 2001. Last year, under a Democratic majority, the FCC reinstated the form to collect empl…

EEOC Opens EEO-1 Data Collection Portal With Reporting Changes

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) has opened the 2024 EEO-1 data-collection cycle and set Tuesday, June 24, 2025, as the filing deadline for submissions. According to the EEOC, this year’s reporting window is shorter than in prior cycles as part of its “efforts to identify continued cost savings for the American public.”  In its announcement about the opening of the portal, the EEOC made clear that the collection period will n…