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Can HR really fix organisations’ diversity problems?

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Instances of racism, harassment and discrimination have, for many workers who identify as part of a minority group, sadly been part of and parcel of working life for too long. 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.

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Christine Spadafor On How We Need To Adjust To The Future Of Work

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Employees, particularly younger ones entering the workforce, are prioritizing corporate Purpose when selecting prospective employers. They want to work for companies committed to establishing ESG strategies and goals?—?and and executing on them. They want to work for companies showing results on DEI goals. and living it?—?are A WWII vet.

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How Women-Owned Businesses Can Get Help

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First, the good news: Over the last five years, the number of women-owned businesses climbed 21%, with a total revenue of $1.9 trillion — and companies owned by Black and Latinx women grew at more than double that rate. That’s amazing. If you’re a business owner, I don’t need to tell you how tough these times feel. Federal loans and grants.

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Minimum Wage, Maximum Pressure: The Journey Toward $15/Hour

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On April 27, 2021, President Biden signed a new Executive Order, “ Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” No one … working 40 hours a week should live below the poverty line.”. As of January 1, 2021, 29 states and the District of Columbia have minimum wage provisions higher than the federal, while 2 1 states use the $7.

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Shiri Avnery of Thistle: “Purpose”

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Having a company mission that aligns with your passion is so important to help keep that spark burning over the long term and go the extra mile. And it’s important to always be able to recenter yourself around your purpose when things get tough and you’re lost in the day to day. Shiri Avnery is the co-founder and president of Thistle.

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“Education.” with Timothy Quinn and Candice Georgiadis

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As part of my series about “the five things we need to do to close the gender wage gap” I had the pleasure of interviewing Timothy Quinn, a principal co-founder of Hatebase , the world’s largest repository of multilingual hate speech data. Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that? Thank you so much for joining us, Timothy!