Diversity and equality

Blackstone Launchpad will add 45 colleges and universities in the next five years for a total of 75 to their student entrepreneurship initiative.

Employers have big plans to recruit more workers in 2021. But deciding where they’ll work is the most recent workplace debate.

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 is promising to start new programs and expand existing ones in order to increase representation in its workforce.

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.

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.

During the COVID-19 outbreak, 1 in 5 U.S. workers have taken a leave of some kind.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

In honor of MLK Day, here are employers who are working to create a more inclusive workplace.

The company is working to identify programs run by people in underrepresented communities.

The company announced $100 million through 2025 to support small businesses and community development projects in diverse communities.

From diversity efforts to greater workplace flexibility, employees have high expectations for what their employer has to offer in the new year.

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.

During times of social change, there is the potential for people to be exposed to events that register in a person’s brain and body as trauma. The negative affects can accumulate and have an impact on a person's work and well-being.

It's been proven time and again that women look at problems differently than male counterparts. It's part of what makes balanced teams critical to the success of any organization.

The company is also investing $2.5 million in programs to improve representation in the technology industry, a Pinterest spokeswoman confirmed. It admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement.

Labor attorneys advise employers on how to handle harassment during the pandemic.