Gender equality is no longer a 'want' for employees, it's an expectation. Yet the reality is that in the past 20 years the gender pay gap in the U.S. has closed by just 2%.
There are many reasons why employees in all sectors are leaving their jobs, but many boil down to respect; 57% of employees who quit in 2021 indicate that they did so because they felt disrespected at work. From a lack of transparency in company-wide decisions to inappropriate or dismissive behavior from one's leadership team, disrespect in the workplace comes in all shapes and sizes.
The success of neurodiversity inclusion is twofold: the value neurodiverse employees provide the company and the value the company can provide neurodiverse employees.
At the Migration Policy Institute in Maine, researchers conducted a study in 2020 that found foreign-trained professionals were struggling to re-enter the workforce throughout the U.S. "It is extremely important to effectively use people who are already in the workforce," said Jeanne Batalova, an MPI researcher who co-authored the report.
The University of Houston Chancellor Renu Khator send out an email to the campus community saying they will no longer use DEI statements or factors in their hiring or promotion processes. "In order to ensure compliance with state and federal law, we will not support or use DEI statements or factors in hiring or promotion anywhere in the University of Houston System," the email said.