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In this special week, let's show our support for nannies and service workers. Some ideas: 💖Educate Yourself: Learn more about the challenges nannies and femme service workers face and advocate for change where needed. 💖Engage in Conversations: Have meaningful conversations about workers' rights and fairness in your community and workplace. 💖Advocate for Rights: Support fair wages and workers' rights advocacy efforts. Let's make this week about giving back and appreciating those who make our lives better. 🤝💖 #SupportNannies #SupportServiceWorkers #GratitudeWeek #serviceworkerappreciation #serviceworkers #femme #workersrights

The pandemic made it clearer that certain groups of workers disproportionately work in low-wage jobs, have fewer or no advancement opportunities, and face more discrimination and harassment. This is especially true for LGBTQIA+ individuals, particularly people of color and trans workers. While 20% of all LGBTQIA+ households make less than $25,000 a year, transgender people of color fare worse, with 75% of Native American trans people and 43% of Hispanic trans people earning less than $25,000 a year. This shows the significant impact of the barriers LGBTQIA+ workers face on their access to good jobs and economic mobility.   To build a California where all low-income workers can advance economically, putting the needs and voices of LGBTQIA+ communities in the center is a must.     More in The Aspen Institute: https://lnkd.in/eykiDHrz

This year’s #UKDisabilityHistoryMonth theme is ‘Disability, Children and Youth’ The Children and Social Work Act 2017 requires us to regulate social workers in England. We ensure public protection by: 📌 promoting and maintaining professional standards 📌promoting and maintaining public health, safety and wellbeing 📌 ensuring public confidence in the profession The principles of equality, diversity and inclusion are synonymous with being a social worker. Social workers are uniquely placed to lead the way in achieving equality, as they champion people’s rights and support those that are marginalised. The social work profession is guided by values and principles of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice. As the specialist regulator for social workers, we’ll continue using our influence to promote social work’s role in addressing inequality. Read more about how we are looking to use our influence in our latest equality, diversity and inclusion action plan: https://lnkd.in/eQgMuz96

Today is #LGBTQIAEqualPay Awareness Day! The LGBTQIA+ community in New York still faces persistent economic inequality, often caused by employment and workplace discrimination. I made this video as part of PowHer New York to underline a few actions that would help advance economic justice for the NY LGBTQIA+ community. https://lnkd.in/egncApiC One thing we need to evaluate and close pay gaps is more accurate and intersectional data on LGBTQIA+ New Yorkers. The 2023 TGNCNB Employment report by NYS Department of Labor is a step in the right direction: https://lnkd.in/eTm_r6gb

𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 Unwanted advances, catcalls, butt pinches on public transport, water cooler Conversations around an "undeserved" promotion, unsightly labels for deadline-driven approaches, career breaks for elder care, childcare - Every woman who is capable of reading this can resonate with atleast one if not more of these instances. And hence the cries for equality, for diversity, for inclusion, for pay parity. We've fought through. We've got here. And now? It's for us to light up the way for the others. When you finally attain hard-fought power, it becomes your duty to turn around and guide the others and help them navigate those treacherous paths to the top. Do the Challenges remain for a large amount of us? Yes they do. Are they larger for the ones still lesser-empowered than us. Hell, yes! While you read this piece my team has delivered and made me so proud, I urge you to also realise the power some of us have attained. Wasn't a cakewalk, but we're here. What you do about it, is where your game is from here. And we the New Media are watching YOU. Read it here please and I'd love for thoughts - https://lnkd.in/d5yJK6Up #women #media #power #vygr #newmedia #opinion #genderequality #equalpay #opportunity #diversity #equality #success #inspiration

🌟 Building trust in recruitment: Start with initiating the conversation 🌟 Join us as Kate Headley, Founder of Recruitment Industry Disability Initiative (RIDI) and The Clear Company, along with Pauline Miller, Chief Equity Officer at dentsu and Kate Shoesmith, Deputy CEO at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, shed light on how recruiters can initiate a disability confident conversation with candidates. "The most important thing is to have the conversation. It's not easy for people to talk about their disability. It doesn't define them totally," says Kate Headley. Discover the framework for asking the right questions, the right way, and make a positive impact on inclusivity in your recruitment process. Let's foster a more inclusive and trusting workplace environment! View the full video at: https://bit.ly/3PEGxFh #DisabilityConfident #InclusiveRecruitment #BuildingTrust #DiversityAndInclusion

#GenderEquality involves: 💰 Promoting equal pay 🚫 Combating gender-based violence 📚 Ensuring women and girls have access to education 👸🏽Empowering women in leadership roles ⚖️ Creating policies that support work-life balance and parental leave #ShadesofUs #GlobalGoals

I welcome the new broader definition of disability in the 2023 amendment of the equality act (2010), which now considers the equality in participating professional life. However in my option, this definition is still largely based on an individual model that focuses on a person’s body condition rather than the social barriers that prevent disabled people from accessing equal opportunities and being treated fairly in many workplaces. https://lnkd.in/exZyRJVE

🌟 Building trust in recruitment: Start with initiating the conversation Join us as Kate Headley, Founder of RIDI and The Clear Company, along with Pauline Miller, Chief Equity Officer at dentsu and Kate Shoesmith, Deputy CEO at the Recruitment & Employment Confederation, shed light on how recruiters can initiate a disability confident conversation with candidates. "The most important thing is to have the conversation. It's not easy for people to talk about their disability. It doesn't define them totally," says Kate Headley. Discover the framework for asking the right questions, the right way, and make a positive impact on inclusivity in your recruitment process. Let's foster a more inclusive and trusting workplace environment! #DisabilityConfident #InclusiveRecruitment #BuildingTrust #DiversityAndInclusion #InclusionRevolution Disability Confident

Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced two funding opportunities of $7 million for up to 21 grants to help women succeed in the workplace. Administered jointly by the department's Women’s Bureau and the Employment and Training Administration, the Fostering Access, Rights and Equity Grant Program helps #survivors and #womenathighrisk for workplace violence and harassment. FARE grants fund community organizations’ efforts to improve job quality through projects that address harmful workplace norms and employ strategies to prevent and reduce gender-based violence and harassment. 2024 FARE grant applications are due by May 28, 2024. Learn more by going here: https://lnkd.in/ecMdfCJA. #workforcedevelopment The Greater Raritan Workforce Development Board New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development Safe+Sound Somerset Women's Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor