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Inclusive workplaces are good for workers and business
Thanks to @hrc.org & @whistlestopcapital.bsky.social
for this timely analysis showing that companies leading on LGBTQ+ inclusion through the Corporate Equality Index consistently outperform their peers in revenue, profit, and market stability.
Thanks to @hrc.org & @whistlestopcapital.bsky.social
for this timely analysis showing that companies leading on LGBTQ+ inclusion through the Corporate Equality Index consistently outperform their peers in revenue, profit, and market stability.
NEW: Analysis from the HRC Foundation (HRCF) and Whistle Stop Capital shows that companies dedicated to LGBTQ+ inclusion through participation in HRCF’s benchmark Corporate Equality Index saw higher revenue, stronger profits, and steadier market performance over time.
August 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Inclusive workplaces are good for workers and business
Thanks to @hrc.org & @whistlestopcapital.bsky.social
for this timely analysis showing that companies leading on LGBTQ+ inclusion through the Corporate Equality Index consistently outperform their peers in revenue, profit, and market stability.
Thanks to @hrc.org & @whistlestopcapital.bsky.social
for this timely analysis showing that companies leading on LGBTQ+ inclusion through the Corporate Equality Index consistently outperform their peers in revenue, profit, and market stability.
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D.C. has invested $1.4B in affordable housing—too often built on worker exploitation.
Our new report reveals misclassification, repeat offenders, and lax enforcement—and calls on the D.C. Council to act.
Read: A Rotten Foundation
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#WageTheft #WLC #TogetherForJustice
Our new report reveals misclassification, repeat offenders, and lax enforcement—and calls on the D.C. Council to act.
Read: A Rotten Foundation
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#WageTheft #WLC #TogetherForJustice
August 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
D.C. has invested $1.4B in affordable housing—too often built on worker exploitation.
Our new report reveals misclassification, repeat offenders, and lax enforcement—and calls on the D.C. Council to act.
Read: A Rotten Foundation
hubs.la/Q03FQw9w0
#WageTheft #WLC #TogetherForJustice
Our new report reveals misclassification, repeat offenders, and lax enforcement—and calls on the D.C. Council to act.
Read: A Rotten Foundation
hubs.la/Q03FQw9w0
#WageTheft #WLC #TogetherForJustice
LatinoJustice urges the EEOC to investigate 4 right-wing legal orgs for discriminatory hiring practices. The orgs are mostly white & male, despite being in diverse cities, leaving no other explanation for the makeup of their orgs other than race-conscious hiring.
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July 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
LatinoJustice urges the EEOC to investigate 4 right-wing legal orgs for discriminatory hiring practices. The orgs are mostly white & male, despite being in diverse cities, leaving no other explanation for the makeup of their orgs other than race-conscious hiring.
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Our Paul H. Tobias Fellow, Abby Frerick, contributed feedback to this excellent report by NELP on the growth of bossware. The report outlines the many ways bossware harms workers and showcases emerging policy solutions. #WorkersRights
Bossware is on the rise—and it’s threatening #WorkersRights.
Our policy agenda examines how unchecked workplace surveillance is degrading job quality & highlights worker-led solutions that use tech to empower, not exploit. It's time for lawmakers to follow their lead: www.nelp.org/insights-res...
Our policy agenda examines how unchecked workplace surveillance is degrading job quality & highlights worker-led solutions that use tech to empower, not exploit. It's time for lawmakers to follow their lead: www.nelp.org/insights-res...
When 'Bossware' Manages Workers: A Policy Agenda to Stop Digital Surveillance and Automated-Decision-System Abuses - National Employment Law Project
Our report highlights the problems posed by employers’ excessive and inappropriate use of technology to monitor and manage workers.
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July 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Our Paul H. Tobias Fellow, Abby Frerick, contributed feedback to this excellent report by NELP on the growth of bossware. The report outlines the many ways bossware harms workers and showcases emerging policy solutions. #WorkersRights
The Trump admin's rollback of civil rights coincides with widespread corporate AI adoption, creating a regulatory vacuum. The assault on enforcement, coupled with efforts to suspend state-level AI regulations, effectively shields employers from accountability www.techpolicy.press/congress-is-...
Congress Is About to Hand Corporate America a License to Discriminate | TechPolicy.Press
If Congress won't lead on AI accountability, then it has no business stopping states from protecting their own citizens, write Jason Solomon and Abby Frerick.
www.techpolicy.press
June 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
The Trump admin's rollback of civil rights coincides with widespread corporate AI adoption, creating a regulatory vacuum. The assault on enforcement, coupled with efforts to suspend state-level AI regulations, effectively shields employers from accountability www.techpolicy.press/congress-is-...
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On May 19, the LA House of Representatives passed H.B. 685, a bill that would prohibit state agencies and public higher education institutions from making any efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.
Read our response here: niwr.org/2025/06/17/l...
On May 19, the LA House of Representatives passed H.B. 685, a bill that would prohibit state agencies and public higher education institutions from making any efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.
Read our response here: niwr.org/2025/06/17/l...
Louisiana Bill Risks Increasing Discrimination and Liability for the State, NIWR Warns - National Institute for Workers' Rights
On May 19, 2025, the Louisiana House of Representatives passed H.B. 685, a bill that would prohibit state agencies and public higher education institutions from making any efforts to promote […]
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June 18, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🧵 Thread
On May 19, the LA House of Representatives passed H.B. 685, a bill that would prohibit state agencies and public higher education institutions from making any efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.
Read our response here: niwr.org/2025/06/17/l...
On May 19, the LA House of Representatives passed H.B. 685, a bill that would prohibit state agencies and public higher education institutions from making any efforts to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.
Read our response here: niwr.org/2025/06/17/l...
We're proud to see NIWR referenced in this important piece by Kandiss Edwards, which highlights how abandoning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs can expose companies to significant legal liability.
www.blackenterprise.com/dei-companie...
#DEI #WorkersRights #DEIA #Diversity #Inclusion
www.blackenterprise.com/dei-companie...
#DEI #WorkersRights #DEIA #Diversity #Inclusion
Companies Are Evaluating Legal Risks Of DEI Rollbacks
Experts warn that a lack of DEI, diverse hiring pools and equitable promotion practices employers create inequities, fueling lawsuits.
www.blackenterprise.com
June 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We're proud to see NIWR referenced in this important piece by Kandiss Edwards, which highlights how abandoning diversity, equity, and inclusion programs can expose companies to significant legal liability.
www.blackenterprise.com/dei-companie...
#DEI #WorkersRights #DEIA #Diversity #Inclusion
www.blackenterprise.com/dei-companie...
#DEI #WorkersRights #DEIA #Diversity #Inclusion
We're excited to invite you to GLOW & NIWR's upcoming Worker Center Bar Orientation!
Those interested in joining the low-wage worker movement should attend this virtual orientation on Thursday, July 24th at 3pm ET.
RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/WCB4Workers
Those interested in joining the low-wage worker movement should attend this virtual orientation on Thursday, July 24th at 3pm ET.
RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/WCB4Workers
June 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
We're excited to invite you to GLOW & NIWR's upcoming Worker Center Bar Orientation!
Those interested in joining the low-wage worker movement should attend this virtual orientation on Thursday, July 24th at 3pm ET.
RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/WCB4Workers
Those interested in joining the low-wage worker movement should attend this virtual orientation on Thursday, July 24th at 3pm ET.
RSVP Here: tinyurl.com/WCB4Workers
🧵 THREAD - At a time when diversity, equity, and inclusion programs face increasing scrutiny, it's important to understand what these initiatives can actually accomplish... niwr.org/2025/05/20/p... #DEI #corporateaccountability #equity #diversity #inclusion #DEIA #economicjustice #worklaw
Making Equal Opportunity Real: How Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Efforts Combat Workplace Discrimination - National Institute for Workers' Rights
In his inaugural address on January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump declared, “We will forge a society that is colorblind and merit-based.”[1] Subsequently, President Trump issued a series of executi...
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May 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🧵 THREAD - At a time when diversity, equity, and inclusion programs face increasing scrutiny, it's important to understand what these initiatives can actually accomplish... niwr.org/2025/05/20/p... #DEI #corporateaccountability #equity #diversity #inclusion #DEIA #economicjustice #worklaw
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives don't undermine merit, they protect it.
Our new policy brief examines how biases at work persist, inclusion policies counteract those biases, and ending these initiatives will expose employers to legal liability.
Full brief: niwr.org/2025/05/20/p...
Our new policy brief examines how biases at work persist, inclusion policies counteract those biases, and ending these initiatives will expose employers to legal liability.
Full brief: niwr.org/2025/05/20/p...
May 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives don't undermine merit, they protect it.
Our new policy brief examines how biases at work persist, inclusion policies counteract those biases, and ending these initiatives will expose employers to legal liability.
Full brief: niwr.org/2025/05/20/p...
Our new policy brief examines how biases at work persist, inclusion policies counteract those biases, and ending these initiatives will expose employers to legal liability.
Full brief: niwr.org/2025/05/20/p...
Today, we filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the law firm Skadden alleging the firm violated labor law by blocking associates' access to email lists used to discuss concerns about the firm's deal with the Trump admin.
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Skadden to Face NLRB Probe of Email Policy Following Trump Deal
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP allegedly violated federal labor law by blocking its associates’ access to internal email distribution lists they used to discuss ramifications of the firm’s $100...
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April 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Today, we filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board against the law firm Skadden alleging the firm violated labor law by blocking associates' access to email lists used to discuss concerns about the firm's deal with the Trump admin.
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-...
National Institute for Workers' Rights Director Jason Solomon, in Law360 (paywall), notes a theme in overtime litigation: employers abuse exemptions, talking about employees "as if they do much more managerial work than they actually do," cheating workers of wages. www.law360.com/employment-a...
5 Overtime Claims Employers Keep Facing - Law360 Employment Authority
As the federal rules shift around overtime exemptions, employers often get hit with claims that they misclassified workers as exempt, failed to include bonuses in overtime math and paid a flat rate ev...
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April 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
National Institute for Workers' Rights Director Jason Solomon, in Law360 (paywall), notes a theme in overtime litigation: employers abuse exemptions, talking about employees "as if they do much more managerial work than they actually do," cheating workers of wages. www.law360.com/employment-a...