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The Roundup: Equal pay in Iceland and companies double down on diversity

Ceridian

Iceland enforces equal pay. Iceland is now the first country to enforce equal pay for men and women after the Equal Pay Standard came into effect last week. The legislation, passed last June, requires employers to prove that they are paying men and women equally. New York wants to hold technology accountable for bias.

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Diversity Sourcing Strategy: 3 Tactics of Highly Diverse Companies

Lighthouse

In my last blog, I wrote about the importance of diversity and inclusion, the relationship between diversity and business performance , and some best practices for implementing the two in your company. And while the evidence for diversity improving business performance is clear. Set Goals and Measure them.

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5 Steps to Prevent Age Discrimination in the Workplace

EverFi - HR

According to a recent AARP survey , 78% of older workers report that they have seen or experienced age discrimination at work, the highest level reported since the survey began in 2003. Over the past 15 years, age discrimination charges have accounted for 20-25 percent of all Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) cases.

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Be Bold for Change

SumTotal

Recently in America, a GOP official sent a letter to two newspapers titled “Equal Pay for Women Has Consequences.” I must admit that in the early days of my career, I perhaps hadn’t been the biggest advocate for gender equality only because it had never seemingly affected me so it took some time to see the scale of the issue.

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Veterans in Civilian Roles: A Business Challenge and Big L&D Opportunity

Degreed

With no margin for error, we kept calm, evaluated our options, and chose the least awful exit plan. I slowly backed over the unexploded mine, steering in reverse along my original tire tracks while paying the utmost attention to every minutiae. We got lucky that day. Our team was hosting a highly visible internal training webinar.

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60+ Top Global Influencers in HR Tech of 2019

Digital HR Tech

Hayal has extensive experience on topics including (among others) the evolution of the gig & on-demand economies, global talent strategy, workforce flexibility, and diversity. Think of courses about the art of giving feedback, how to become agile, aiming for diversity and many, many more. And yes, that we did on purpose.

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A Discussion with Melbourne, Australia’s, Thomas Leen: “Building Trust is the Foundation to a Healthy Work Environment”

Thrive Global

Six years later in 2003 I got my CISSP certification. One of my key achievements in this company was the successful development and execution of a next generation Cybersecurity transformation strategy that successfully implemented a global cyber and information security capability globally.