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Riot Games Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit at $100 Million

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Entertainment company Riot Games recently settled a multi-year-long gender discrimination class-action lawsuit with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH). Some $80 million will be awarded to female employees who worked at the company between November 2014 and the present day.

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EEOC Probe into Mandatory Retirement Age Results in $6.8 Million Settlement

HR Digest

An EEOC probe into a mandatory retirement age policy at a San Diego-based physicians group has resulted in a massive settlement without the group admitting to any liability in the matter. The ADEA protects employees above the age of 40 from any bias and discrimination in a professional setting. The Scripps $6.8

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8 Ways To Call Out Racial Injustice At Work

Vantage Circle

It takes a lot of courage for anyone to speak against racial injustice at work. From the United States to India to Malaysia, every country comprises diverse ethnicities who make a beautiful melting pot of culture and diversity. Slavery was abolished long ago, but systemic racism is still at large in many countries.

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Intersectionality in the Workplace: What HR Needs to Know

Analytics in HR

Companies that are serious about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are the ones that have happy and productive employees. The goal is also to ensure that employees have opportunities to discuss these issues in a transparent way to eradicate discrimination and create a fair, inclusive workplace. between 1985 and 2014.

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The LGBTQ Wage Gap – Present and Rising

HR Digest

LGBTQ wage gap issues go against every tenet of diversity, inclusion, and equality. Nobody should be discriminated against on the basis of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. A survey by the HRC Foundation found that Native American and Black LGBTQ+ workers faced the most equal pay issues.

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What Will the US Supreme Court’s Ruling on Affirmative Action Mean for Employers?

Zenefits

The high court is expected to decide by late spring 2023 whether to: Uphold AA as a remedy for past discrimination in college admissions. The lower courts had always declared it an acceptable remedy for reversing the harmful effects of discrimination in college admissions and employment. Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts.

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Can HR really fix organisations’ diversity problems?

cipHR

The growing strength of the Black Lives Matter movement has thrown the spotlight on instances of racism and a lack of inclusion at organisations around the world. For cultures to truly change, HR needs to overhaul organisational systems and structures that are compounding inequality at work. The environment they are in is toxic.”.