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California SB 1162 Signed Into Law: Takes Effect Jan. 1

Trusaic

Mean and median pay data reporting is a new requirement, never before seen, and it will likely help California’s Civil Rights Department (CRD), formerly the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, identify pay discrimination in the workplace. . SB 1162 will set the bar even higher.

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World of HR: France makes move toward becoming the first country to ban hair discrimination

HR Brew

France could become the first country to have a national ban on hair discrimination—that is, if the bill isn’t stopped before it reaches President Emmanuel Macron’s desk. Opponents believe that French law already protects people from discrimination based on looks. Where in the world? Satellite view.

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Assumed white job applicants receive 9.5% more interview offers on average than assumed Black applicants in new study

HR Brew

While the experiment—the largest of its kind in the US—discovered that gender discrimination at the interview level is rare, racial discrimination appeared prevalent. Researchers found that having a diversity officer and diversity training didn’t appear to reduce the chance of discrimination in entry-level hiring. Taking action.

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Diversity recruiting: Two heads are better than one

Business Management Daily

Despite identical resume content, over 30 percent of companies in the study discriminated against Black applicants by name alone (one interpretation puts that number over 60 percent). Still, the takeaway is clear: discrimination and bias aren’t always easy to spot or fix. What value comes from diversifying your workforce?

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LGBTQ+ workers are paid 16% less than their peers, study finds

HR Brew

While “a record number of non-LGBTQ Americans support equal rights for the LGBTQ community,” according to a 2023 study from GLAAD , workers who identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community still face workplace discrimination and a wage gap, a new study finds.

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Are you doing enough to leverage tech for employee relations?

HRExecutive

Advertisement Yet, without a strong focus on analytics, reaching those ER objectives will be an even tougher challenge, according to HR Acuity’s fifth annual Employee Relations Benchmark Study. This year’s study was based on in-depth research from more than 125 organizations, representing approximately 4.5

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California SB 1162 One Signature Away From Becoming Law

Trusaic

The reason for this new addition is so that the state Civil Rights Department, formerly known as the Department of Fair Employment and Housing, can more easily identify pay discrimination within an organization. To account for the more rigorous reporting requirement, California SB 1162 moves the annual filing deadline from March to May.