{"id":11700,"date":"2024-02-27T16:22:34","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:52:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/microsoft-admits-it-pays-white-employees-less-than-minorities\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T16:22:34","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T10:52:34","slug":"microsoft-admits-it-pays-white-employees-less-than-minorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/27\/microsoft-admits-it-pays-white-employees-less-than-minorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Admits it Pays White Employees Less than Minorities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Microsoft acknowledged in a diversity <a href=\"https:\/\/query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com\/cms\/api\/am\/binary\/RW1e53b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">report<\/a> that it pays white employees less than minority employees.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs of September 2023, inside the US, all racial and ethnic minority groups who are rewards eligible combined earn $1.007 total pay for every $1.000 earned by US rewards-eligible white employees with the same job title and level and considering tenure,\u201d the report states. \u201cSpecifically, for those who are rewards eligible, US Black and African American employees earn $1.004; Hispanic and Latinx employees earn $1.004; and Asian employees earn $1.012 for every $1.000 earned by US rewards-eligible white employees with the same job title and level and considering tenure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The system is part of Microsoft\u2019s \u201cpay equity,\u201d which \u201caccounts for factors that legitimately influence total pay, including things like job title, level, and tenure. Our pay equity analysis adjusts for these factors in support of our commitment to pay employees equitably for substantially similar work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft also incorporated employee resource groups (ERGs) supported by the Global Diversity &amp; Inclusion team.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the groups explored \u201callyship\u201d and indigenous groups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIndigenous at Microsoft helped Microsoft orchestrate its first Haka, a traditional Maori performance originating from New Zealand comprising vigorous dance and chant,\u201d the description reads. \u201cHaka is deeply rooted in Maori culture and holds significant cultural, historical, and social importance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The company also held an event called ERG Engage, which \u201cbrought employees together around the globe to learn and engage with the nine company-wide ERGs and accelerate their individual diversity and inclusion journeys. This provided space for employees, ERGs, thought leaders, and company leadership to connect, share critical conversations about issues impacting their communities, and celebrate progress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some of the sessions held at the event included \u201cdecriminalizing LGBTQIA+ identity in India,\u201d a \u201cdiscussion exploring how to manage boundaries and relationships,\u201d and a \u201cconversation about persistence, access, and learning from failure led by the Military ERG.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/americanfaith.com\/microsoft-admits-it-pays-white-employees-less-than-minorities\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft acknowledged in a diversity report that it pays white employees less than minority employees. \u201cAs of September 2023, inside the US, all racial and ethnic minority groups who are rewards eligible combined earn $1.007 total pay for every $1.000 earned by US rewards-eligible white employees with the same job title and level and considering [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11701,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[]},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cccfornews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}