Posts Tagged ‘COVID-19 Pandemic’
DEI Measurement, Analysis, & Implementation During COVID-19
7 minute read: COVID-19’s Assault on Equality It is well-known that the global COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated inequalities by race/ethnicity, gender, education level, and income. Here in Los Angeles, the mortality rate for the least affluent communities is four times larger than that in the most affluent communities. Black and Hispanic/Latinx death rates are more…
Read MorePhiladelphia Enforces Salary History Ban, Starting Today
In 2017, a law was passed in Philadelphia wherein employers were prohibited from requesting an applicant’s salary history. After three years, as of September 1, this law will finally be put into action. In August, the City of Philadelphia declared that Philly’s Commission on Human Relations (PCHR) would begin the enforcement a month later, as…
Read MoreCould a Company’s Lack of Inclusion Be Costing Them Candidates?
In today’s ever-changing societal and professional landscape, job opportunities have undergone a considerable shift. However, despite a seemingly thinning job market, most candidates are in search of an environment where inclusivity and diversity are noticeably present. If these factors are absent, companies may be missing out on a high-quality workforce. In late June, management consulting…
Read MoreThe Difficulty in Identifying Comparators for Equal Pay Claims
Pay equity litigation is proceeding apace despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and claimants are raising critical issues pertaining to the Equal Pay Act of 1963 (“EPA”). The EPA requires that an employee claiming gender-based wage discrimination first demonstrate that employees of the opposite sex were paid different wages for substantially equal work. To show that the…
Read MoreA Pay Equity Strategy Should Start at Home: Recommendations for Sharing Equal Work
It has been over thirty years since the sociologist Arlie Hochschild wrote her landmark work, The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home. In The Second Shift Hochschild interviewed 50 different couples as they struggled to adapt to the new reality of more women and mothers entering the workforce in the 1980’s. She…
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