Roe v. Wade ruling has older and younger employees at odds in the workplace

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In the wake of the Supreme Court’s controversial ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade and instantly made abortion care inaccessible for millions of Americans, employees across organizations are looking to leadership to see how their employers will react and respond. But along generational lines, colleagues are divided on what that response should be. 

“The main driver of whether or not employees really want companies to do something about a political issue — whether that is to make a statement internally or externally, offer a benefit or cancel events in a state — was their age,” says Emily Killham, director of research and insights at employee insights platform Perceptyx. 

Paola Peralta
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Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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