The most often-cited statistic about the gender pay gap is that women earn 82 cents for every dollar a man makes—a figure that has percolated in the public consciousness for a long time, never getting any higher. Once adjusted by race, the … Read More
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Why Are Companies Still So Against Data Transparency?
In 1998, Home Depot investors asked the home improvement retailer to put out EEO-1 figures for the first time. With the home improvement retailer paying $104 million the previous fall to settle a lawsuit against allegations of gender discrimination, shareholders said they … Read More
The Demand for Chief Diversity Officers is Reaching a Crescendo
While chief diversity officers and other buzzy diversity roles didn’t become mainstream until the mid-aughts, the number of people in diversity leadership positions has grown substantially over the last five years. According to global data from LinkedIn, between 2015 and 2020, the … Read More