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A furniture company will pay more than $1 million to settle U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission allegations of hiring bias, and the share of employees who say a diverse workforce leads to greater profitability is growing.
Here’s a closer look at those numbers and some of the others making headlines in the HR world.
By the numbers
10%
The percentage that AI agents with a female appearance in an experiment were paid less than male-presenting ones for completing the same work using the same technology, research showed.
$14.05
The amount the minimum hourly wage for federal contractors is set to increase to, according to a U.S. Department of Labor notice.
71%
The share of Americans polled by Gallup and Bentley University who said it is “somewhat” or “completely” true that companies with diverse workforces are more profitable, per a report.
84%
The percentage of employees surveyed who said they’re very likely to stay with their companies when managers have time to spend on their development, according to survey results released by Wiley Workplace Intelligence.
$1.3 million
The amount a Miami-based furniture company with 19 retail locations agreed to pay to end an EEOC investigation into its hiring practices, according to a news release from the agency.
