EEO compliance is more than the law: it's good business. This article breaks down equal employment opportunity laws and how to make them work for your small business.
The best reason to cultivate a diverse, inclusive workforce is that it helps your business succeed, as demonstrated by two recent studies by McKinsey & Company. An inclusive work environment broadens your talent pool, enhances the employee experience, improves customer service, and drives innovation.
If you're like many business owners, you might think equal employment opportunity (EEO) is a given. Why wouldn't you bring the best and the brightest on board? Yet it takes more than a commitment to the idea of equal opportunity to promote an inclusive workplace.
It takes careful planning, a solid framework, and active engagement. This article will help you translate good intentions into concrete actions to create an inclusive workplace.
The EEO movement has its roots in the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which required men and women doing substantially equal work to receive equal pay.
That law was quickly followed by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), which prohibited employment discrimination and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Title VII specifically barred discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in hiring, firing, layoffs, compensation, benefits, promotions,...
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