Employee resource groups give workers the opportunity to bond with those of similar backgrounds or interests and can play an important role in encouraging diversity at work. But employers need to do more to boost worker participation, experts say.
About 90% of Fortune 500 companies offer some kind of employee resource group in the office, according to data from Bentley University. Employers such as Johnson & Johnson, Salesforce and Trulia all offer the benefit. Still, despite the widespread offering, only an average of 8.5% of U.S. workers belong to an employee resource groups.
