African American Women Get No Respect at Work
The Job Guide blog highlights research showing that black women are less likely to be promoted then males and white women.
Are 'extreme' jobs the cause of lack of diversity?
A recent study in the Harvard Business Review states that "extreme" jobs are "a young man's game," suggesting that women are less tolerant of long working hours.
Women make less because they don't ask for more
Women earn less than men because of gender discrimination, time out of the workforce to rear children and lower-paying jobs that employ more women than men.
Diversity includes generation differences
Diversity has long meant dealing with issues of race, gender, nationality and religion in the workplace. Today, however, it is important to include generational diversity.
Aiming for greater diversity
Faced with a potential labor shortage, major hotel, restaurant and food-service companies are pushing diversity as a way to attract and retain employees.
Businesses Recognize the Benefits of Workforce Diversity Training
As organizations face an increasingly global and dispersed workplace, there is growing recognition of business-focused reasons for valuing diversity.
One-Third of Women Claim Weekly Discrimination at Work
Major findings of a new CareerBuilder survey which finds that 31 percent of female workers said they experience discrimination or unfair treatment at least once a week.
Opinion split on the issue of office leadership diversity
Respondents to The San Antonio Business Journal's recent online survey were roughly split over whether their office leadership reflects enough diversity.
Diversity debate needs diversity
TheLawyer.com says that instead of the hoped for explosion of creative thinking, there are worrying signs that the debate is starting to form theoretical tramlines.
People with Hearing Loss Earn Less
Business & Legal Reports cites a study which finds that untreated hearing loss negatively affect household income by nearly $23,000 per year, on average.
NBA Gets Race, Workplace Right
An an AP column, Nancy Armour says the NBA's recent high mark on the Racial and Gender Report Card backs its history as the trendsetter for racial equality.
Small business, Latino-style
The Monterey County Herald reports that an increase in the number of Latinos who start businesses is contributing to more thriving small businesses.
IT workforce is significantly lacking a chromosome
UK businesses need to do more to encourage women into IT, argues UK-based business and IT services firm Parity.
Do Diversity Policies Matter?
Blogger Juan Rodriguez comments on a recent survey by the National Society of Hispanic Professionals, which found that 72 percent of respondents felt that diversity policies did not make a difference.
Man Decides to Become Woman, Gets Fired
Even though Largo, Florida's city manager was fired for wanting to undergo surgery to become a woman, he still defends the city’s diversity program.
Office Politics: Fat in the workplace
A formerly overweight worker and blogger argues that there is a vast difference in the way one is treated professionally when fat versus when thin.
What Revolution?
Progressive news journal Truthdig argues that as more women go to college, the ones who do make less, relatively speaking.
More foreign speakers in jobs
As the U.S. work force becomes more diverse, so does the number of languages spoken in the workplace.
Getting Results
You've started a diversity program, but how do you know if it's having any effect? UK publication The Scientist provides some insight.
Where are all the women in IT?
Germany's Financial Times asks why the number of females in the UK's technology sector is falling, and what can be done about it.
Women MBAs Aim to Gain Numbers in B-Schools and the Workplace
The Olin School of Business is pioneering the way for women to increase their numbers in MBA programs thanks to an onslaught of outreach tactics.
Opening the door to the executive suite
BaltimoreSun.com asks the question: Why haven't more mid- to senior managers who are minorities been permitted into the corridors of power?
Study Finds Weak Link Between Workplace Diversity and Turnover
A study finds that while no one likes being in a numerical minority, employees are otherwise quite tolerant of the race and sex of their co-workers.
Out at work, and that's OK
Corporations offer greater support for gay, lesbian employees, report finds.
Language diversity delicate matter for businesses
Suburban Chicago's Beacon News writes that, when it comes to the local business landscape, linguistic diversity offers a complex array of challenges and opportunities.
Bias at big law firms fuels exodus of minority women
Real-life experiences along with more subtle forms of discrimination are prompting growing numbers of minority women to abandon the nation's biggest law firms.
Pushed by clients, law firms step up diversity efforts
The corporate clients of some of the nation's largest law firms are demanding that the firms increase the number of minority and women associates and partners.
More Employers Broadening Nondiscrimination Policies to Include Transgender Workers
The business case for fostering an inclusive work environment, rather than the threat of litigation, largely drives the decision to extend protections.
EEOC, OPM should work together on diversity, auditors say
A majority of managers surveyed by government auditors found both the EEOC and the OPM to be of limited help in advancing workplace diversity.
The True Cost of Discrimination
In a small business, having a culture of equality can mean the difference between success and failure.
Employers and Hiring Practices Are Targets in Immigration Debate
Any immigration law that eventually emerges from Congress is likely to contain more employer responsibilities and sanctions.
Legal Immigrants Have Trouble Finding Jobs
Well-educated and underemployed legal immigrants are the invisible bystanders in a national struggle over immigration policy that's largely driven by issues of unskilled and undocumented workers.
The Art and Science of Recruiting a Diverse Workforce
As the nation's population becomes more ethnically and racially varied, building a diverse workforce is a strategy that makes good business sense.
Women shunned at work, expert says
May female workers get little support developing their talents, a study says.
Breastfeeding at the workplace sparks debate
Colorado women speak out for breastfeeding in the workplace.
Disabled ... but still able
Tax breaks for employers with disabled workers brings a new hope for the motivated and energetic who happen to have disabilities.
The Workplace: Praying on the job
Recent events underline the need for sensitivity to religious diversity. This New York Times article interviews a psychiatrist about religious sensitivity.
Balancing faith challenge in workplace
What is and isn't acceptable in the workplace from a constitutional point of view.
Diversified workplaces benefit everyone involved.
How to make a diverse workplace a great one.
Nurturing Minority Executive Success
A little consideration for top employees with diverse backgrounds goes a long way
Suburbs Aim for More Diverse Workforces
Gurnee, Illinois is one of many suburbs striving to change the racial makup of the local government and workforce.
¿Habla Espanol?
Why learning Spanish is imperative to staying competitive in the increasingly diverse workforce.
Pushing Forward
What can be done to encourage minority entrepreneurship? The co-founder of the National Minority Franchising Initiative weighs in.
Is
'white' the Only Color of Success?
This Christian Science Monitor article examines a new study
finding that cultural traits can thwart minorities' efforts to progress
in their careers.
Monster,
AARP Collaborate for Over-50 Job Service
According to this Boston Business Journal article, research showing
that more than half of all job seekers over the age of 45 use the Internet
in their searches encouraged the AARP and Monster to partner on an employment
site.
U.S.
Adults Increasingly Support Workplace Equality for Lesbians and Gays
According to the latest national "Out & Equal Workplace Summit"
survey, three-quarters of heterosexual adults (76 percent) strongly agree
that employees should be measured by their job performance, not their sexual
orientation.
Making
Diversity Work a Full-Time Job for This Doctor
Dr. Harry Gibbs, vice president of institutional diversity at the University
of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, quit practicing medicine to concentrate
on the institution’s diversity initiatives.
Study:
Supportive Managers Help Women Advance
A new 35-country study conducted by Harris Interactive Inc. found that having
a supportive manager is the top factor in women advancing professionally.
Record
Year For EEOC
Despite fewer complaints filed with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission in fiscal year 2004, the agency recovered a record $420 million
for thousands of people filing charges of employment discrimination last
year, according to its year-end report.
Older
Workers Get a New Tool to Fight Age Discrimination
Older workers don't necessarily have to prove an employer intentionally
favored younger employees in order to sue under a new federal age discrimination
law.
Pregnant
Workers Report Growing Discrimination
Complaints soar 39 percent even as the national birth rate falls.
Gay,
Lesbian Workers Walk Fine Line at Jobs
While employers might be updating their rule books, the federal government
has yet to make such amendments. As it stands, federal law prohibits employee
discrimination based on race, gender, age, religion, national origin and
disability -- but not sexual orientation.