The EEOC may end EEO-1 reporting, but knowing your workforce was never just about compliance. Here’s why employers should keep collecting and using workforce data to make better decisions, understand their systems and maintain visibility into their workforce.
The U.S. built a system that asks employers to provide essential social protections. Now employers are retreating at the exact same time the government is retreating, leaving workers exposed from both directions.
The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate among developed nations – and 86% of these deaths are preventable. Cross-sector leaders gathered to discuss what employers can do now to address the maternal health crisis.
Stories about paid leave going wrong are having a moment. Workers allegedly taking vacations while on leave. Warnings about fraud. Claims that programs are being “gamed” or crushing employers. It’s a compelling narrative. It’s also a familiar one. And honestly? It doesn’t hold up.
Every day, working people across the country wake up already making tradeoffs. They plan their commutes around childcare drop-offs, take calls from doctors’ offices during lunch breaks, and quietly calculate how many sick days they have left if something goes wrong. For millions of caregivers, work and care are not separate parts of life – they are deeply intertwined, often in ways that leave little margin for error.
Medicaid provides essential health coverage to mothers, older women, women with disabilities and women with low incomes when they need it most. Medicaid matters for women across the country – including my sister TJ.
Shortly after having a little boy, my partner and I got to dive into the scary, competitive, expensive and overwhelming process of finding childcare. Fast forward to now, a year and half later, we have only managed to stay afloat as a family because of the flexibility, support, and policies in place that met me exactly when and where I needed them.
Businesses play a key role in reducing the gender wage gap.