workplace diversity and inclusion News

Corporate America Is Rethinking Diversity Hiring as Legal Challenges Rise

The same conservative activists who helped gut race-related college admissions at the US Supreme Court have now set their sights on corporate diversity programs, barraging airlines, tech giants and law firms with lawsuits and complaints. And they’re already having an …

Executives Go Quiet on Diversity After Affirmative Action Ruling

US executives drastically cut back on public discussions of workplace diversity last quarter, in the first earnings season since the Supreme Court’s ruling against affirmative action sent a chill through corporate boardrooms. Mentions of diversity, equity and inclusion on earnings …

Critics of Workplace Diversity Efforts Eye Civil War-Era Law

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 Americans to challenge the legality of corporate diversity, …

Kellogg’s ‘Woke’ Workplace Diversity Programs Are Illegal, Group Claims

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 products. This is the second complaint filed this week …

Manulife Financial’s CEO Apologizes to Employees for Executives’ Spoof Rap Video

Manulife Financial Corp. Chief Executive Officer Roy Gori apologized to employees for a spoof rap video that was part of the executive team’s year-end message. The internal video, the third in an annual series featuring different music genres, was retracted …

Gallagher CEO Signs Pledge for Workplace Diversity, Inclusion

The head of Illinois-based global insurance brokerage, Gallagher, has signed a pledge to advance diversity and inclusion within the workplace. Gallagher Chairman, President and CEO J. Patrick Gallagher Jr., has signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge, the …