Goldman pledges $25 million to historically Black colleges
The bank said the new program is part of its diversity strategy of doubling campus hiring of analysts from historically black colleges by 2025.
Diversity and equality
Black and LatinX mothers falling off the career track during COVID
More than 2.1 million women have left the workforce completely since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Hiring the visually-impaired brings more diversity to the workplace
An organization connects vision-impaired job seekers with employment at companies looking to diversify their workforce.
Aetna expands coverage to include a gender-affirming procedure
While Aetna and several other insurance companies do cover the cost of gender-reassignment surgeries, the pool of companies offering coverage is declining.
Blackstone makes diversity focus of student business program
Blackstone Launchpad will add 45 colleges and universities in the next five years for a total of 75 to their student entrepreneurship initiative.
Best of the week: Employers pushing to reboot business in 2021
Employers have big plans to recruit more workers in 2021. But deciding where they’ll work is the most recent workplace debate.
Minority-owned small businesses report much weaker financial conditions
Firms owned by Asian, Black or Latino Americans were more likely to report “fair” or “poor” financial conditions in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.
Gap joins 15% Pledge as effort to boost Black employment expands
Gap is promising to start new programs and expand existing ones in order to increase representation in its workforce.
Monster finds employers are ready to rehire in 2021
Almost half of employees plan to look for a new job this year and 82% of employers plan to make new hires, according to Monster’s most recent job report.
The economic recovery has a child care problem
More than one-third of parents — mostly women — have yet to return to jobs they lost, largely because there’s no one to look after their kids.
Pandemic drives business support for paid leave, study finds
During the COVID-19 outbreak, 1 in 5 U.S. workers have taken a leave of some kind.
Benefits Think Post-pandemic mission: Bring women back into the workforce
Lack of female representation is a systemic issue in the financial services industry, made worse by COVID-19. We should use these pandemic lessons to balance scales that have been tilted for much too long.
Stefanie Coleman
Ernst & Young LLP People Advisory Services
Working parents want a cohesive family benefits platform, says Cleo CEO
“This is the decade of the working family,” says Cleo CEO SarahJane Sacchetti. Benefits that support mental health and special needs will be a top priority in 2021.
First Netflix inclusion report shows gains for women, minorities
Large corporations have prioritized diversity in recent years — especially in the entertainment and tech industries — both in response to societal pressure and to improve their business performance.
Workplace gains prompt women to set new 50% representation goal
2020 Women on Boards set a new goal this week to achieve 50-50 representation in the boardrooms of Russell 3000 companies, up from 22.6% last year.
5 programs making workplaces more inclusive
In honor of MLK Day, here are employers who are working to create a more inclusive workplace.
Lilly invests $30 million in health-equity focused venture fund
The company is working to identify programs run by people in underrepresented communities.
Starbucks calls for boosting small businesses, vaccine rollout
The company announced $100 million through 2025 to support small businesses and community development projects in diverse communities.
5 workplace benefits employees want this year
From diversity efforts to greater workplace flexibility, employees have high expectations for what their employer has to offer in the new year.
Podcast Access Denied: The financial media
Just like the industries that they cover, the lack of Black representation among news outlets acts as a barrier against understanding and eliminating systemic racism.
