- Florida's new Stop WOKE law clamps down on diversity training in the workplace.
- As a result, some CEOs could scale back diversity training or scrap it altogether.
- Yet there are options for leaders to advance inclusion despite the obstacles the law poses.
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First, conservative political leaders in Florida targeted Disney for having a "woke" culture. Now, lawmakers are putting employers in the Sunshine State on notice regarding talk around diversity.
The state's Stop WOKE law, which took effect this month, prohibits employers from requiring workers to participate in certain types of diversity, equity, and inclusion training. It restricts how race-related topics can be addressed in workplace training and opens up opportunities for workers to bring legal action against employers that they say violate the law.
The way the law is written, which critics say is ambiguous, could undermine employers' efforts to advance equity in the workplace, business experts told Insider. Yet for businesses committed to diversity, there are steps they can take beyond training to ensure they are responding to demands to create more inclusive workplaces.
"By using contradictory, confusing, and ambiguous language, the regulation...
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