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EEOC wants to stop collecting data used to fight discrimination

NPR | By Andrea Hsu
Published May 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM CDT

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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