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California DFEH Sues Activision Blizzard for Systemic Discrimination

Trusaic

Following a two-year investigation, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) sued the entertainment gaming giant, Activision Blizzard for systematic discrimination on July 21, 2021. Activision Blizzard’s CEO, J. Riot Games has since made significant strides to transform its workplace culture and environment.

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How the diversity backlash is affecting DEI efforts in the workplace

HRExecutive

Recently, we at i4cp hosted over 40 HR executives at the White House for a meeting with the administration on the state of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility in corporations today. If organizations didn’t have a chief diversity officer, they quickly hired or promoted one. Eight have already become law.

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Sifting Through Examples of Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace

HR Digest

There are many examples of diversity and inclusion in the workplace but we often get caught up in two areas—hiring and leadership. For a genuine focus on diversity and inclusion in the workplace, there need to be many layers to diversity planning. Employees who feel secure are employees who are motivated to work.

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5 Strategies for Effective Diversity Recruitment

Linkedin Talent Blog

An independent study by The Plug showed that of over 50 companies that released statements of support for the Black community in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, those same companies averaged a 6% Black workforce. However, there are other ways to publicize a commitment to diversity and inclusivity. You shouldn’t be.

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Why is Diversity Training so Important?

HR Shelf

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? are more resilient, adaptable, and productive.

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Why hiring tech is necessary but can have dangerous implications

HRExecutive

Companies aren’t legally allowed to choose who their job advertisements are shown to, but studies show that large social media companies may be more likely to show specific kinds of job ads to particular cohorts. Numerous studies have shown that facial recognition and voice recognition technology are lacking diversity-wise.

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Why hair discrimination should be the next focus for DEI progress

HRExecutive

In the last four years, 22 states have adopted versions of the Crown Act , first passed in California in 2019 to prohibit employers from discriminating based on hair style and texture that is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin. And of those, 41% straightened their curly hair, the study shows.