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California’s Caste Discrimination Bill: Combating Discrimination in the Golden State

HR Digest

In a move that could have far-reaching implications for the fight against discrimination, California is poised to become the first state to outlaw caste discrimination with the introduction of the groundbreaking California’s Caste Discrimination Bill. billion people worldwide. As the U.S. As the U.S.

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Creating a Culture of Inclusion: Proven Tactics for Recruiting a Diverse Talent Pool

HR Digest

Diversity recruitment refers to the process of actively seeking out and hiring candidates from a wide range of diverse backgrounds , including individuals of different races, ethnicities, genders, ages, religions, sexual orientations, abilities, and socioeconomic backgrounds. What does diversity recruitment mean?

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Litigation to Settlement: Racial Discrimination Lawsuit against Tesla

HR Digest

Elon Musk’s Tesla reached settlement for a racial discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 As per attorney Lawrence Organ, with the California Civil Rights Law Group, who represented Diaz who accused Tesla of racism settlement, “The parties have reached an amicable resolution of their disputes.

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Four Focus Areas in 2023 for Driving Gender Equality in the Workplace

Hppy

This can help to reduce bias in the recruitment process and ensure that a diverse group of candidates is considered for each job opening. This can help to reduce discrimination and bias in the promotion and advancement of employees. This can help companies to take proactive steps to address these issues before they become a problem.

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AI for HR: Managing the risks of disparate impact discrimination

HRExecutive

At their core, discrimination claims draw comparisons between employees within a protected group and those outside a particular protected group. Understanding the risks of AI technology AI tools likely have no intent to discriminate. In a disparate impact case, intent is irrelevant. And just recently, on Jan.

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Can employers ban workers from wearing Black Lives Matter insignia to protest discrimination at work?

The Employer Handbook

Photo by Brett Sayles: [link] Last week, the National Labor Relations Board decided that a NON-union employer cannot require employees to remove “Black Lives Matter” (BLM) insignia from their work uniform when the BLM marking is a “logical outgrowth” of earlier group protests about racial discrimination in their workplace.

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Employee resource groups — where to get started

Business Management Daily

One diversity & inclusion tool that is often overlooked is employee resource groups. Creating employee resource groups within your organization is a great way to provide a forum for employees from different backgrounds or experiences to discuss issues that affect them within the workplace or in their careers.

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