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Workplace Inequities Contribute to the Black-White Wealth Gap

Race-based inequities exist within the workplace, meaning pay and career equity can influence the wealth gap that Black people face. To the extent employers can identify and eliminate disparities in their own houses, they will contribute to a greater social good, including closing race-based wealth gaps. Mercer colleagues Haig Nalbantian, Rick Guzzo and Angela Berg explain.

Haig Nalbantian, Co-Leader of Mercer’s Workforce Sciences Institute

Rick Guzzo, Partner and Co-Founder of Mercer’s Workforce Sciences Institute

Angela Berg, Global Diversity and Inclusion Consulting Leader at Mercer

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Patrick Hyland, Director of Research and Development at Mercer | Sirota

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The Productivity Puzzle of Working Remotely

Research by Harvard University suggests that there are productivity gains for companies that offer remote working — both before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, whether those gains will persist after the pandemic depends on the type of workers attracted to remote jobs.

Emma Harrington, PhD Candidate in Harvard University’s Department of Economics

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Terry Stone, Managing Partner at Oliver Wyman

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Saiph Savage, Director of the HCI Lab at West Virginia University

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Hubert Joly, Former CEO of Best Buy

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Richard Levick, Chairman and CEO of LEVICK

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Is Organized Labor Making a Comeback?

Among the public right now, we have the most pro-labor attitude that we’ve ever had. So if unions start talking to workers and do more organizing, that’s the most positive thing that they can do. My sense is that millennials are more in favor of organized labor, but we have to see what they do in the workplace. Are they going to get out there and organize with unions? They’re definitely getting involved.

Kate Bronfenbrenner, Director of Labor Education Research at Cornell University

While [Millennials] do have a positive view of organized labor, they’re not so certain that in its current shape and current form, it’s the right kind of worker organization for them. They’re likely to vote in ways that are supportive of organized labor’s agenda, but they might not want to form a traditional labor union that bargains collective bargaining agreements, even though collective bargaining agreements are things they see as valuable.

Robert Bruno, Professor of Labor and Employment Relations at University of Illinois

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Mark Plant, Director of the Sustainable Development Finance Program at The Center for Global Development

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Kate Bravery, Global Advisory Solutions & Insights Leader at Mercer

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Konstantinos Varsos, Partner and Head of the Manufacturing, Process Operations and MRO at Oliver Wyman

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Jonah Berger, Marketing Professor at Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

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Julie Levinson Werner, Partner at Lowenstein Sandler LLP

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Andy Desmond, Senior Vice President, Construction Industry Leader and Head of UK Business Development at Marsh

Wolfgang Seidl, Partner at Mercer

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Peter Schechter, Host of Altamar Global Issues Podcast and BRINK columnist

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