Can layoffs be done with fairness and justice in mind?
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Women and Latino workers, who make up 39.09 per cent and 9.96 per cent of the industry, made up 46.64 per cent and 11.49 per cent of those laid off between September and December, according to Reuters’s report of the Revelio Labs data.Dr. Sarah Saska, chief executive of Toronto-based diversity, equity and inclusion consulting firm Feminuity, said one reason is that many companies are using a “last in, first out” approach, which means they lay off newer employees.
Netflix, for example, faced backlash after layoffs in which many of the people affected were marginalized contractors who were working on content aimed at underrepresented audiences. If companies do get to the point where layoffs are the only option, “embed DEI into the process” she said: When making tough decisions on budget cuts, consider who is in the room and who will be most affected by those decisions.“Really try to think of the end-to-end process and make it a bit easier for people all around,” she said. “I think it goes a long way to simply check in with people.”
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