What is EEO self identification?

The employer is subject to certain governmental recordkeeping and reporting requirements for the administration of civil rights laws and regulations. In order to comply with these laws, the employer invites employees to voluntarily self-identify their race and ethnicity.

Can an employer require an employee to self identify?

In fact, your home state of California recently enacted a law that will require a more inclusive approach to HR paperwork. Notably, under the law an employer cannot force employees to select “male” or “female” as the only gender-marker options on employment paperwork unless federal law so requires.

What are the identified races?

The revised standards contain five minimum categories for race: American Indian or Alaska Native, Asian, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and White. There are two categories for ethnicity: “Hispanic or Latino” and “Not Hispanic or Latino.”

What does it mean to decline to self identify?

The definition applies to a person who has a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person’s major life activities, has a record of such impairment, or is regarded as having such impairment.

Are self ID forms required?

Although completion of the form by applicants and employees is voluntary, it is required for covered federal contractors to provide this form to all applicants during the application process and to all employees on an annual basis.

What if an employee does not self-identify?

If an employee declines to self-identify his or her race and/or ethnicity, the reporting employer may use employment records, personal knowledge, or visual identification.

How do you identify yourself as an indigenous person?

If you have any degree of First Nation (Cree, Ojibway, Mohawk, etc.) Métis or Inuit ancestry then the student would self-identify as having Indigenous ancestry and indicate First Nations, Métis or Inuit.

Can you decline to self-identify?

When an employee chooses to self-identify their race/ethnicity, an employer cannot override their elections. If an employee chooses not to self-identify their race/ethnicity, employers may either conduct a visual survey to determine the information, or use employment records.

Is Form CC 305 required?

On Friday Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP) released an updated Voluntary Self-Identification of Disability Form (CC-305). Covered federal contractors are required to invite all applicants and new hires to self-identify as an individual with a disability using this form.

Why is self-identification important?

Self-identification is an important tool that provides an avenue for employees to anonymously share their diversity data so that their employers can implement strategies to build a culture that supports all employees, and measure their progress towards their diversity goals.

What is self identification?

Definition of self-identification : identification with someone or something outside oneself : the feeling that you share and understand the problems or experiences of someone else : the act of identifying yourself as a particular kind of person

What is voluntary self identify form?

Voluntary Self Identification Form. You are invited to voluntarily provide the following information about yourself. Your information will be kept confidential and separate from your employment records. In addition, the decision whether to provide the information will not subject you to any adverse treatment.

What is involuntary ethnicity?

Involuntary Ethnicity. an umbrella ethnic category created by the government or another dominant group to which people from many different cultures and countries are assigned.

What is self ID of disability?

The form “Voluntary self identification of a disability” you refer to is prescribed by the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Its purpose is to assess how many people with disabilities your employer employs, in order to raise the number of such people in employment.