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The significance of women’s health is increasingly acknowledged in the modern workplace

Workplace Insight

has seen a doubling of maternal mortality rates from 2002 to 2018, with a significant racial disparity affecting Black women. Here is why: Recent data reveals a concerning trend of discrimination against women aged 35-50 in the workplace (source: HBR, 2022 ). days per year ( BMJ , 2012). Shared parental leave is also a must.

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Shining a Light on Black Assistants: It’s Not Black & White

Bonnie Low Kramen

I wrote an article in 2018 called “ Times Up for the Boss ” and I raise these ideas in our Be the Ultimate Assistant workshops. times as likely to be perceived as “unprofessional” versus White women’s hair; and, Black women were also 50% more likely than White women to have been sent home from their workplace because of their hair.

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If You Think You’re Unbiased, You’re Wrong

Success

A quick look at diversity in the workplace Between 1970 and 1997, after such screens had become embraced for blind auditions, the odds that a woman would advance beyond “certain preliminary rounds” of a tryout increased by 50%, according to a 2000 study published in the American Economic Review. Start at the top. Former Intel CEO Brian M.

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