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What is “Diverse Slate” Hiring?

Ongig

If you want to boost diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, a “diverse slate” hiring strategy is a great way to achieve this goal. Here’s a quick “diverse slate” definition: Diverse slate hiring is a talent acquisition strategy where you start with a diverse pool of qualified candidates.

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How Serious are OFCCP Equal Pay Penalties? Very.

Trusaic

A News Release dated June 22, 2020, described the order, which requires WMS Solutions, LLC to pay $960,905 in back wages, damages, and interest based on discrimination and harassment claims. 2015-OFC-00009 (June 17, 2015). Of the $960,905 that the company must pay, $179,907 must go to remedy pay discrimination.

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Why is Diversity Training so Important?

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Organizations with a diverse workforce, including people of different races, nationalities, cultures, faiths, gender identities, sexual orientations, ages etc. Diverse and inclusive organizations value the heterogeneous contributions of their employees. What is Diversity Training? Why is Diversity Training Important?

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Why hiring tech is necessary but can have dangerous implications

HRExecutive

Numerous studies have shown that facial recognition and voice recognition technology are lacking diversity-wise. All of these issues could be mitigated by increasing diversity in the data sets that this technology is trained on. They unknowingly taught their program to discriminate against women.

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“Just Pay It”: The Nike Lawsuit, Gender Pay Gap & Pay Equity

Trusaic

They have also requested a court-appointed monitor to ensure compliance and for the women who left due to alleged discrimination to be reinstated. What is emerging from this process is the very real and challenging issue that gender discrimination and the gender pay gap present to companies.

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UPS Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit for $4.9 Million

HR Digest

million over claims that it discriminated against male workers and job applicants who wore beards or long hair because of their religion. A discrimination charge with the EEOC’s Buffalo office was filed by Bilal Abdullah of Rochester in 2015. The post UPS Settles EEOC Religious Discrimination Lawsuit for $4.9

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Reaches $8.5 Million Pay Gap Settlement

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Computer information technology company, Hewlett Packard Enterprise reached a settlement regarding allegations of pay discrimination late last week. 1,735 female employees who worked at the company’s California offices from 2015 onward will be awarded compensation ranging from $500 to $17,000 each. agreed to pay $1.45