Despite the recent emphasis on DEI in the corporate world, U.S. companies are still falling short of their promises to be diverse, inclusive and safe. Where those businesses are located could be playing a key role in why these efforts are falling flat.
Labor and employment law firm Duddy, Goodwin and Pollard used data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to rank which states had the highest rate of workplace race-related discrimination charges between 2009 and 2023. The results revealed that the states with the most total charges didn’t necessarily have the biggest proportion of race charges. Rather, other factors played out when it came to which states made it to the top.
