Workplace Diversity and Inclusion
Many employers go beyond compliance by implementing diversity and inclusion (D&I) programs that take race, gender, and other demographic characteristics into account. When these programs are carefully designed and implemented, they can help reduce an employer’s exposure to individual and systemic discrimination risks. When they are not so carefully designed, these programs can have the opposite effect, increasing the employer’s exposure to workplace discrimination liability.
Focus Areas
The attorneys and non-attorney professionals in our Workplace Diversity and Inclusion practice group put workplace compliance requirements first, advising our clients on D&I programs that start out and remain legally defensible, providing services including:
- Designing, Developing, and Implementing Diversity Benchmarks and Metrics
- Assessing Diversity Policies and Practices
- Evaluating Compliance with Dodd-Frank Interagency Diversity Standards
- Training and Best Practices Guidance on Diverse Slate Requirements
- Integrating Diversity and Compliance Programs and Initiatives
- Advising and Counseling on Employee Resource Group (ERG), Affinity Group
- Advising and Counseling on Diversity Network Formation, Management, and Administration
- Training on Diversity and Inclusion
Related Services
- D&I Program Development and Evaluation
- Diversity Benchmarks and Metrics Development
- Diversity and Inclusion Risk Assessments
- Dodd-Frank Diversity Standards Assessments
- Workplace Policy and Program Evaluations
- Diversity and Inclusion Compliance Training