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Dramatic Increase in All-Male Boards Among Aim-Listed Companies
According to a recent analysis by WB Directors reported by The Times, smaller Aim-listed companies are experiencing a troubling rise in the number of all-male boards. Despite the disappearance of all-male boards in FTSE 100 companies, smaller companies on the...
Challenges for New College Graduates in the Job Market
A recent New York Times article by Peter Coy, Opinion Writer, highlights the difficulties many new college graduates face in securing employment, despite a low unemployment rate of 3.9 percent in April. Anecdotal evidence and a detailed report from Goldman Sachs...
How Companies are Rebranding Diversity Initiatives Amid Changing Landscape
As American businesses navigate evolving social, legal, and political dynamics, many are rebranding their diversity and inclusion efforts. Companies like Starbucks, Eli Lilly, and Molson Coors are replacing explicit terms like "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)"...
Insights from Deloitte’s “Women @ Work: A Global Outlook 2024”
In its fourth iteration, Deloitte's "Women @ Work: A Global Outlook" continues to explore the complex landscape of challenges and barriers that women encounter in the workplace. This year's report, drawing on responses from 5,000 women across 10 countries, offers a...
New Study Highlights Overwork Disadvantages for Women
Americans are known for logging more hours at work than most other developed nations, often linked to higher raises and faster promotions. However, a recent study published in Social Psychology Quarterly reveals how this overwork culture significantly disadvantages...
Women Earn Less than Men Whether They Work in the Same or Different Occupations
Whether women work full-time year-round, full-time per week, or whether all women with earnings are included, they face a substantial wage gap. Women who worked full-time year- round in 2022 made just 84.0 cents on the dollar paid to men. In 2023, the weekly earnings...
Gender Equality: The EU is breaking the glass ceiling thanks to new gender balance targets on company boards
Today, the European Parliament has formally adopted the new EU law on gender balance on corporate boards. By 2026, companies will need to have 40% of the underrepresented sex among non-executive directors or 33% among all directors....
How 17 Equals 49.6: The Amazing Multiplying Women
When a group of society has long been underrepresented, an increase in representation, no matter how small, can be perceived inaccurately as an onslaught....
A Startling Statistic at UCLA
This fall 4,852 freshmen are expected to enroll at UCLA, but only 96, or 2%, are African American -- the lowest figure in decades and a growing concern at the Westwood campus. For several years, students, professors and administrators at UCLA have watched with...
Fortune 500 Board Seats For Women And People Of Color Surge—But There’s Still Progress Needed, Report Says
The amount of women and underrepresented racial and ethnic groups sitting on the boards of Fortune 500 companies increased to its highest ever percentage, 44.7%—up from 38% in 2020—but minority women still only hold 7.8% of seats and progress has slowed for Latinos...
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