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The Real Reason We’re More Likely to Elect a Woman in 2020
/in Products, Rooney Rule/by workingidealadminStudies tell us there’s a huge difference between having just one versus multiple women competing for a job. By Cyrus Mehri Originally published in Politico Cyrus Mehri, Esq., has developed innovative and effective diversity and inclusion tools across various industries — stemming from groundbreaking employment cases that benefit employers and workers. He has worked […]
Does the law protect the LGBTQ community from discrimination? It should be an easy answer.
/in Policy/by workingidealadminBy Jenny Yang Originally published in The Washington Post Jenny Yang, Strategic Partner at Working IDEAL, was commissioner of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission from 2013 to 2018 and is a senior fellow in the Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population at the Urban Institute. The Supreme Court decided Monday to hear a […]
Making California’s New Gender Inclusion Law for Boards of Directors A Success
/in Principals, Rooney Rule/by Working IDEAL NewsBy Cyrus Mehri Governor Brown and the California Legislature took a major step to advance the U.S. economy by requiring publicly traded companies based in California to have at least two female members on their boards of directors by 2021. The wisdom of this new law is beyond reproach. As the former Chair of the Securities and […]
The UK Gender Gap Reporting Calls Into Question Those Big Companies With Perfect Scores. The Answer Is More Reporting.
/in News, Pay Equity/by Pamela CoukosIt’s Equal Pay Day, and I’ve decided not to have that conversation again – the one about exactly how many cents women lose on the dollar, and whether if you try really, really hard to narrow it down you can get it to single digits. (At the end of the day, there’s always a gap.) That’s because […]
Can “Inclusion Waivers” Create More Equal Opportunity in Hollywood?
/in News, Rooney Rule/by Pamela CoukosBy Cyrus Mehri & Pamela Coukos Originally Posted on the Working IDEAL Medium Page. Last night, when Frances McDormand accepted her Oscar, she brought a new phrase to our workplace equality lexicon — calling on the industry to adopt “Inclusion Riders.” Based on an idea from the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, an Inclusion Rider sets goals […]
Decades of Well-Meaning Responses to Sexual Harassment Have Failed. Can We Do Better?
/in News, Workplace Harassment/by Pamela CoukosIt’s finally out there for everyone to see. Not just that sexual harassment and sexual assault pervades the workplace — but that decades of well-meaning responses have failed. Sexual harassment training has little to show for itself, and might even be counter-productive. Human resources departments and reporting mechanisms are have conflicting mandates and little institutional power, making […]