Black & Grey HR

SHRM | September 11, 2017

The pay gap between black and white Americans just got wider, Bloomberg reports. Age, education, job and geographical differences aside, black workers are now earning even less than their white counterparts, says Bloomberg, citing research from the San Francisco Federal Reserve. Black men's average hourly earnings were 80% of that of white men's in 1979. By 2016, the pay gap widened to 70% on the dollar, says Bloomberg. The wage gap between blacks and whites also worsened for black women...

NONE | June 17, 2016

Amidst the recent media furore surrounding zero-hour contracts, you’d be forgiven for thinking that they’re something straight out of the Victorian era. But are they really as bad as they’re made out?...

NONE | June 16, 2016

Amidst the recent media furore surrounding zero-hour contracts, you’d be forgiven for thinking that they’re something straight out of the Victorian era.With billionaire Sports Direct owner Mike Ashley speaking last week in front of the Business Select Committee, and union chiefs arguing some staff work in conditions akin to a “gulag”, the issue isn’t going away any time soon....

| July 18, 2016

The CEO of Nike says the company stands "against bigotry" and "for racial justice" amid heightened tensions in America between black communities and the police. Mark Parker sent a letter to his 32,000 employees, and shared it with Fortune, adding his voice to those of Nike athletes and other prominent figures concerned and despairing about racial injustice in America....