Diversity & Inclusion

The Joint Committee on Labor and Workforce Development heard testimony Tuesday from lawmakers and fair labor advocates about legislation (H 1950 / S 1208) that would would require employers to disclose the pay scale for a position to a job applicant or an employee who currently holds the position, if they request it.

Rachel Lopez, president of the Fitchburg human resources outsourcing company Resource Management, has been elected as chair of the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the organization announced on Monday.

Worcester Business Journal announced on Tuesday its manufacturing and diversity & inclusion reporter, Monica Benevides, has been promoted to the position of senior staff writer.

The state's Health Policy Commission would be required by a bill filed this session to issue an annual report on the prevalence of mental health disorders and accessibility to treatment based on demographics in an attempt to identify and eliminate racial and gender disparities.

A diverse stream of lawmakers, activists and community leaders produced a lengthy list of racial equity proposals on Monday, kicking off one of the Legislature's most daunting undertakings to date: confronting centuries of structural racism ingrained in nearly every facet of public life.

This year’s Black Heritage Juneteenth Festival is set to take place in Worcester on Saturday, marking the first year that Juneteenth is a recognized state holiday in Massachusetts.

UMass Memorial Health – Marlborough Hospital has been awarded a grant from the Cummings Foundation of $300,000 over 10 years.

National Grid will consider Juneteenth a company holiday for all U.S. employees beginning this year, the electric company announced Tuesday morning. 

To better represent its patient population, the board of directors at the Edward M. Kennedy Community Health Center has made an effort during the past three years to diversify and include a greater variety of perspectives under the leadership of chair Valerie Zolezzi-Wyndham.

Nichols College in Dudley has scored Massachusetts 45/100 on the latest iteration of the school’s biennial Massachusetts Women’s Leadership Index, which is overseen by the college’s Institute for Women’s Leadership.