In Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) news, the agency issued a report on the lack of diversity in the high-tech and filed—and settled—its first Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) cases.
In September, the EEOC issued a report, titled “High Tech, Low Inclusion: Diversity in the High-Tech Workforce and Sector 2014-2022,” where the agency said it found the underrepresentation of Black, Hispanic, female and older workers in the high-tech industry was due to “discriminatory barriers.”
For example, while women are almost half of the total U.S. workforce, the report found they made up only 22.6 percent of the high-tech workforce in all industries. Hispanic workers were only 9.9 percent of the high-tech workforce, while making up nearly one-fifth (or 18.7 percent) of the total U.S. workforce, and Black workers were just 7.4 percent of the high-tech workforce despite making up 11.6 percent of the total U.S. workforce.
The report analyzed demographic disparities for workers in the high-tech workforce, which the agency defined as 56 science, technology, engineering and mathematics occupations and the industries employing them, and discussed the four most common discrimination charges filed by high-tech industry workers with the EEOC: retaliation, disability discrimination, race discrimination and sex discrimination.
To address the agency’s concerns about representation, the EEOC suggested that high-tech companies proactively examine barriers limiting employment for...
New to Versa? It's an app designed to help you grow your savings easily. Deposit RM100 and get a RM10 bonus with the code VERSAMM10 KOTA KINABALU, Nov 25 — Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sabah will l...