Category: PDJ

Studies show that low-income Americans, ethnic minorities, and other underserved populations often have higher rates of disease, fewer treatment options, and less access to care.

As chairman, CEO, and president of Ameren Illinois, Mark is responsible for gas and electric service delivery to more than 1.2 million electric and 806,000 gas customers in 1,200 communities. Here is a look at the CEO throughout one “day in the life.”

With its modern origins in Scotland, golf has been a popular pastime in America and the English-speaking world for centuries. It also has long been a white man’s game.

Karen Purcell is owner and president of PK Electrical, an electrical engineering firm based in Reno, Nevada. Purcell has used her experiences as a female entrepreneur and woman in a male-dominated industry to help other women through her new book, Unlocking your Brilliance: Smart Strategies for Women to Thrive in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

A little over one-third (36 percent) of the 775 college-educated Indian women surveyed off-ramped, that is, voluntarily took a break. This is on par with the U.S., Japan, and Germany. But the amount of time they spent out of the workforce was less than a year (11.4 months), compared to 1.9 years in Germany, 2.4 years in Japan, and 2.7 years in the U.S.

by Nelsy C. Gomez, Labor & Employment and Immigration Practice Groups, Cozen O’Connor The 2013 U.S. Supreme Court cases on the federal Defense of Marriage Act and California’s Proposition 8 will likely have major impact on gay and lesbian rights. However, beyond these cases there may be a greater expansion of employment rights for LGBT… Read the full article

Management often ‘talks the diversity talk’ with little follow-through. Here are six ways to ‘walk your diversity talk’!

The new management paradigm of human equity has something to say about reducing disengagement rather than simply reducing the disengaged.

By Karin W. Sarratt, SPHR, VP of Talent Management and CDO, WellPoint, Inc. The recent news that Yahoo! would eliminate their work at home policy stirred a passionate debate about the topic. Many believe the advent of technology provides greater flexibility to recruit and retain top talent without the need to be based in a… Read the full article

We usually talk about cultural differences in this space, but language can also be a challenge in a multicultural environment.