Best of the week: Employers want to close the workplace diversity gap

By Alyssa Place, This is my expertise
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Many organizations are taking strides to close the opportunity gap for BIPOC, women and other underserved employee groups.

Ninety-eight percent of organizations have a workplace diversity program, according to the Boston Consulting Group. But ensuring employees have access to programs and benefits that support them is a long-term effort for employers.

Pursuing higher education is a barrier for many working professionals, but PwC’s latest program is helping diverse students earn a free master’s degree on the job.

The PwC program is also seeking to close the diversity gap in the accounting industry by choosing 40 Black and Latinx students from across the nation to participate in their free masters program. As an industry, accounting lacks diversity; of the 1.9 million accountants in the U.S., only less than 9% of them are Black, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Alyssa Place
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Alyssa Place is the editor-in-chief of Employee Benefit News and has been with the team since 2019. Her work covers mental health, DEI, women at work, financial wellness, retirement and workplace … Read full bio


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