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Upwork tapped this HR pro to make remote work ‘best in class’

HR Brew

This is especially true because Upwork has a large contingent workforce in addition to traditional employees, and so we have a range of different offerings, benefits, and policies to serve many different worker types. I’ve been remote since 2006, and I try to integrate my personal experience to help others succeed in the virtual workplace.

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Why Are Diversity Initiatives Failing?

HR Management

Many organizations implement diversity initiatives with the intention of capturing the innovation, performance, and retention benefits provided by diverse workplaces [1]. The Psychological Benefits of Creating an Affirming Climate of Workplace Diversity. Group & Organization Management, [2] Diversity Council of Australia.

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Carol Glazer: “The disability community is our nation’s most diverse”

Thrive Global

We can all play a role in disability inclusion by asking three key questions: 1) Are our practices and policies, directly or inadvertently, creating obstacles for people with disabilities? The disability community is our nation’s most diverse. The disability community is our nation’s most diverse. Absolutely!

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Has the #MeToo Movement Actually Changed Sexual Harassment Policies?

EverFi - HR

While most people likely believe that the “Me Too” movement is something that emerged over the last few years, it’s a movement that was actually started in 2006 by a woman named Tarana Burke, a survivor of sexual assault. More Work Needed to Change Sexual Harassment Policies. Awareness is the First Step in Sexual Harassment Prevention.

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Are HR's diversity and inclusion strategies proprietary information?

Steve Boese

The story I wanted to highlight is about a big tech company fight over an employee non-compe te, but not one of the ones we expect - surrounding some star engineer working on the latest VR or AI tech - it centers around HR, more specifically, around a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer heading to Microsoft from IBM.

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How to Support Employees As They Face Rising Inflation

Great Place to Work

Great Place to Work® analyzed data from companies before, during and after the Great Recession of 2007–2009, spanning 15 years from 2006 to 2021. The firm also reassessed flex time and job sharing, updating its leave of absence policy to allow workers to take up to 26 weeks at 20% of their pay.

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5 Examples of Racial Bias in Hiring

Ongig

A study on sources of bias in employment interviews , conducted in 2006 at the University of South Florida found: “The applicant with the ethnic name, speaking with an accent, was viewed less positively by interviewers than the ethnic named applicant without an accent and non-ethnic named applicants with and without an accent.”