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10 Steps Toward Equal Pay: A Call to Action for the Biden Administration
/in Pay Equity, Policy/by The Team at Working IDEALMarch 24 will mark another Equal Pay Day, which signifies how far into the year women must work to earn what men earned in the previous year. Pay gaps for women of color are even greater. Without decisive action, these persistent pay gaps will not close for decades. To move the dial on equal pay, […]
Best Practices to Increase Engagement, Productivity, Retention, and Innovation | Excerpts from Diversity, Inc.
/in DEI, Pay Equity, Policy, Principals, Rooney Rule/by The Team at Working IDEALIt’s been over a year since noted journalist and scholar Pamela Newkirk published Diversity, Inc., an essential account of the promises many companies made to strengthen diversity, equity and inclusion, the billions spent on programs and initiatives over five decades, and the huge gap that still remains in fulfilling those promises. This acclaimed book, which […]
How the SEC Can Harness Shareholder Power to Support Racial and Gender Equity Through a DEI Index
/in DEI, Pay Equity, Principals/by The Team at Working IDEALOn its very first day, the Biden-Harris Administration made racial justice and equity, and principles of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity, top priorities on its agenda. The first of the 17 Day One Executive Orders committed to advancing racial equity and support for underserved communities across the federal government. The EO requires a review of federal […]
A Just and Inclusive Workplace is Essential to Sustain Our Democracy
/in DEI, Pay Equity, Policy, Principals, Rooney Rule/by The Team at Working IDEALIn 2017, the increased public visibility of the #MeToo movement made clear we were not doing enough to make the workplace safe from sexual harassment. In 2020, #BlackLivesMatter organizing similarly forced a broader and overdue reckoning with how deeply racial inequity runs in many institutions — including our nation’s workplaces, which need to be more […]
How to Build an IDEAL Campaign Workplace – So You Can Win with Integrity
/in DEI/by The Team at Working IDEALWe are just two weeks out from Election Day, and campaigns everywhere are in the final stages of getting out the vote. It’s an intense time for campaign managers and their staff, who are working almost around the clock to bring their candidate successfully across the finish line. How these last couple weeks play out […]
How Your Company Can Take Action to Close the Wage Gap
/in Pay Equity/by The Team at Working IDEALIn order to advance pay equity, it’s important to adopt an “equity first” mindset. Make equity a top priority when you make decisions, take actions, design programs and measure results. Gender, race, sexual orientation, disability, or any aspect of your identity should not determine your outcomes in the workplace – including pay. Our co-founder and […]