Diversity Danger Zones in Talent Acquisition
We all know that organizations are more likely to be successful if the leadership team is diverse. But federal, state and local laws that are designed to prevent unlawful discrimination also come into play when your organization strives to increase diversity. For example, gender bias knows no gender so giving a “plus” to a candidate because of her gender carries enormous legal risk with it. So, as employers, we need to focus not only on the goal of increasing diversity but also on how we get there. This presentation will focus on costly mistakes that employers have made in their diversity efforts and safer alternatives to attract diversity and not plaintiffs’ lawyers.
Jonathan A. Segal
Jonathan is a partner at Duane Morris LLP in its Employment Group. He also is the Founder and managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute, which provides training on employment issues to HR professionals, in-house counsel and other leaders.
The core of Jonathan’s practice is helping employers maximize legal compliance and minimize legal risk with regard to harassment, discrimination, retaliation and reasonable accommodations.
Over the past few years, Jonathan has focused on religion in general and antisemitism in particular. In addition to helping clients, Jonathan has delivered a number of talks on antisemitism on behalf of the EEOC as well as to field directors of the EEOC.
Jonathan has provided training to federal judges and other members of the federal judiciary on various employment issues for more than 20 years.