Starbucks’s response this discrimination, mandatory training, is a common response to social injustice in the business world. And what should businesses do to address bias and discrimination instead? MORE

Of HR professionals we surveyed on how their organizations deal with bias or discrimination in the workplace, some form of training is by far the most popular method of internal-facing D&I enablement for companies. MORE

The right metrics? But, that was no guarantee it wouldn’t find another way to discriminate against certain candidates. In the beginning, this was a market of annual surveys, benchmarks, and year to year comparisons. MORE

Analytics can also help reduce existing biases for real or perceived discrimination or favoritism. There are several levels of people or workforce analytics: Descriptive analytics are metrics, i.e., interview-to-hire ratios or average training attendance. Start with a red flag metric. MORE

Pay decisions should not be arbitrary or completely discretionary - this invites the potential for discrimination (whether intentional or not). Salaries and pay increases are (or should be) based on reasons - industry statistics, salary surveys, performance metrics, signed evaluations, etc. MORE

What’s your magic hiring metric? Start with the positions you hire for most or that have the most financial impact and build your metrics from there. Establish clear performance metrics. Provides a comparison of what’s needed vs. current status to drive the targeted capacity. MORE

loans, distributions) Compliance with plan rules and federal laws Discrimination testing and audit support Employee enrollment and communications Required Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor filings (e.g., In comparison, the average ratio for a company with 2,000 employees is 0.7 MORE

You can only make these comparisons if you consistently obtain the same types of information from all applicants. Hiring metrics : How does the pre-employment assessment influence applicant experience, hiring speed, cost-per-hire, etc.? MORE

A few other notes: This is organic (not total) traffic — We’re using ahref’s measurement of organic traffic because we find it to be the best apples-to-apples comparison of traffic to HR blog pages. HR Metrics: How and Why to Calculate Employee Turnover Rate? MORE