California recently became the first state to require its agencies to record demographic data on employees who are descendants of enslaved people. The new law creates two separate reporting categories for Black individuals who are descendants of people who were enslaved in the United States and Black individuals who are not descendants of people who were enslaved in the United States.
The state's comptroller's office and the Department of Human Resources can begin collecting the data on Jan. 1, 2024. The data will be included in a public report on or after Jan. 1, 2025. We rounded up a selection of relevant articles from SHRM Online and other trusted news sources.
Potential for Reparations
Employees will not be required to disclose this demographic information, but advocates who have been pushing for this expansion of data collection say it is for the Black community's benefit, according to the Coalition for a Just and Equitable California. In recent years, the state has been working to determine whether the state will pay reparations to Black Californians, particularly those who are descendants of slaves.
Identifying Disparities
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