Blog Archives
December 2, 2020
Diversity During The Holidays: Not Everyone Celebrates
That's right. Not everyone celebrates the holidays. The Christmas fanfare can easily overlook diversity when the holiday season is marketed and materialized as a Christian holiday and is ever-present at stores and malls across America. Millions of people all over the United States don't celebrate the conventional Christmas. Many non-Christian persons, such as Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, and Jews - among others, or as individuals with no religious affiliation - possible atheists or agnostics, see the bustle and make the season a manageable situation.
November 12, 2020
Respect for Gender and Using Gender-Inclusive Language in the Workplace
Keep an open mind about the relevance of today's language about gender, how we see or perceive others, and how HR leaders can promote good use of gender-inclusive language in the workplace.
September 24, 2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an American Jurist
It is sufficed to say that the late Supreme Court associate justice of the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, was a champion of gender equality, became an icon, designed and led the fight for women’s rights in the 1970s, and subsequently served 27 years on the U.S. Supreme Court. She was 87 years old when she passed away.
June 15, 2020
News Alert! The Evolving Nature of Employment Law in America - Supreme Court Case Ruling
This morning, the Supreme Court ruled against employers who fire a worker for being gay or transgender. This is great news for a legally protected class. The landmark ruling stems back from the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which strengthens the leverage under the Equal Employment Opportunity Act and the commission that oversees claims brought against employers who violate rules or discriminate against protected classes.
Blog Categories:June 8, 2020
Key Concepts of Diversity and Inclusion
I consider myself fortunate to have worked for corporate institutions in Texas and in Nevada, both in the public and private sector industries where the classic provisions of equal employment opportunity were seen, meaning that they were obvious in nature. I’m so glad for that! Having co-workers that represented disabled persons, minority groups, people of varying national origins, races, or ethnicity, both young and old alike, etc. can seem quite normal in some work environments geographically across the U.S., but in the Rio Grande Valley, it may be different or not as usual.
