---
type: threshold
id: eeoc
asset: regulatory-threshold-triggers
title: "EEOC — US federal employment law thresholds by employee count"
sources:
  - https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/
source_quote: "The EEOC organization requires that businesses over a certain size submit a headcount report including race, gender, and role information on an annual basis. While private businesses don’t have to worry about demographic reporting until reaching 100 employees, federal contractors need to comply once they hit the 50 employee threshold."
generated: true
verified: false
harvested: 2026-08-04
stale_after: 2027-08-04
law: "EEOC"
full_name: "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission"
employee_threshold: "100"
requirement: "businesses over a certain size submit a headcount report including race, gender, and role information on an annual basis."
counting_note: "the law does not distinguish between full-time or part-time workers."
---
**Law:** EEOC

**Full name:** Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

**Employee threshold:** 100

**Requirement:** businesses over a certain size submit a headcount report including race, gender, and role information on an annual basis.

**Counting note:** the law does not distinguish between full-time or part-time workers.

> The EEOC organization requires that businesses over a certain size submit a headcount report including race, gender, and role information on an annual basis. While private businesses don’t have to worry about demographic reporting until reaching 100 employees, federal contractors need to comply once they hit the 50 employee threshold.

Source: <https://namely.com/blog/hr-compliance-50-employees/>