Latest Diversity Headlines
All the headlines from our Diversity Topic Page, ordered by recency.
InclusionScore CEO: Recent Events Highlight Need to Rein in Costly D&I Risk
Sep 4 2023 // At the end of June, James Felton Keith read the news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority rulings regarding affirmative action in higher education, and the application of free speech in anti-discrimination law. At...
Critics of Workplace Diversity Efforts Eye Civil War-Era Law
Sep 1 2023 // Several suits filed on behalf of White workers following the US Supreme Court’s decision outlawing affirmative action in higher education are banking on a Civil War-era statute guaranteeing equal rights to Black...
Conservative Attacks on Diversity Efforts in Corporate America Keep Coming
Aug 24 2023 // Before the US Supreme Court did away with affirmative action in college admissions, corporate America was bracing itself for attacks on its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. They have begun — and there will likely...
Lawsuit Says Gannett Discriminates Against White Workers to Meet Diversity Goals
Aug 23 2023 // Gannett Co Inc., the largest U.S. newspaper publisher, is facing a lawsuit claiming its efforts to diversify newsrooms led to discrimination against white workers. The proposed class action was filed in Virginia federal...
Ex-Trump Administration Officials Target Corporate Diversity Efforts
Aug 18 2023 // Activision Blizzard Inc and Kellogg Co have joined a growing list of major U.S. companies to face claims from a group founded by former Trump administration officials that efforts to diversify their workforces amount to...
InclusionScore CEO: Recent Events Highlight Need to Rein in Costly D&I Risk
Aug 16 2023 // At the end of June, James Felton Keith read the news of the U.S. Supreme Court’s majority rulings regarding affirmative action in higher education, and the application of free speech in anti-discrimination law. At...
Conservative Starbucks Investor Loses Diversity Challenge
Aug 14 2023 // A U.S. judge on Friday dismissed as frivolous a conservative activist investor’s lawsuit against Starbucks’ board for the coffee chain‘s diversity, equity and inclusion policies. The National Center for...
Kellogg’s ‘Woke’ Workplace Diversity Programs Are Illegal, Group Claims
Aug 10 2023 // A conservative legal group on Wednesday urged a U.S. anti-discrimination agency to investigate Kellogg over workplace diversity policies that it says are unlawful, and accused the cereal maker of sexualizing its...
Companies Caught in Diversity Crossfire Are Frozen by Uncertainty
Aug 1 2023 // The US Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action has sparked a fierce debate over the future of diversity in corporate America, with dueling sides claiming either that workplace programs are unaffected by the...
IICF Looks to the Future of Talent and Leadership at Biennial Inclusion in Insurance Global Conference
Jun 26 2023 // IICF presents 2023 Inclusion Champion Award and raises funds for communities across the US and UK LOS ANGELES – June 20, 2023 – The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a unique nonprofit organization...
EEOC Targets Construction Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Jun 19 2023 // The construction industry is critical to our nation’s economy. It is also one of the country’s largest industries, employing nearly 11.8 million people in 2022. But for more than a decade, construction has...
Kathy Quintana of HUB International Honored with 2023 IICF Inclusion Champion Award
Jun 7 2023 // Award to be presented June 14 at IICF Inclusion in Insurance Global Conference in New York Los Angeles, May 30, 2023 – The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a unique nonprofit organization dedicated to...
IICF to Host 2023 Global Inclusion in Insurance Conference in NYC, June 13 – 15
May 22 2023 // Industry leaders, DEI and Sustainability experts will converge in NYC to discuss the future of work and more as the event continues to evolve from its early days as the IICF Women in Insurance Conference. LOS ANGELES –...
UK’s Largest Companies Fail to Comply With FCA’s New Gender-Diversity Quotas
Mar 10 2023 // Seven of the UK’s 10 largest listed companies have failed to comply with the FCA’s new gender-diversity quotas, a reminder of the scale of the challenge facing businesses as they look to improve diversity in...
Big Tech Layoffs May Further Disrupt Equity and Diversity Efforts
Jan 6 2023 // 2023 is shaping up as a challenging year to be a woman or minority working in the tech sector, or even a person with one too many years under their belt. Surging firings by technology companies last year are...
People Moves: Beal Leads Nationwide National Partners; Acrisure New Leadership Team; WSIA New Diversity Board Members
Dec 14 2022 // Beal Named Leader of Nationwide National Partners team Nationwide has named Tony Beal as the new leader of the Nationwide National Partners team, responsible for managing key P&C distribution partner...
Congress Examines Insurer Diversity; Results ‘Disappointing,’ Lawmakers Say
Sep 22 2022 // The insurance industry still has a lot of work to do when it comes to diversity, equity and inclusion. In fact, despite a strong DEI push across the industry, there was little change in racial, ethnic and gender...
Starbucks Executives, Directors Are Sued Over Diversity Policies
Sep 1 2022 // Starbucks Corp. executives and directors have been sued by a conservative think tank that believes the coffee chain’s efforts to promote diversity amount to racial discrimination. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the...
Sesame Place to Train Workers on Diversity After $25M Lawsuit
Aug 12 2022 // PHILADELPHIA (AP) —Sesame Place has announced the implementation of diversity and inclusion training for its employees following a $25 million class-action lawsuit alleging multiple incidents of discrimination after...
IICF Gathers 1,000 Attendees to Advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the Inclusion in Insurance Regional Forums
Aug 3 2022 // Los Angeles, CA., June 28, 2022 — The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping communities and enriching lives, gathered 1,000 insurance professionals from across the...
