When Tanuj Gupta joined AstraZeneca in 2006, she didn’t know many of her coworkers. “When I found out there were Employee Network Groups, I thought it was a great way to meet more people within the company,” says the executive director of external medical relations. And it was: “I met a fantastic group of people [...]

Margaret Rivera, AstraZeneca’s senior manager of diversity, helps oversee 16 successful employee network groups. Here are her tips for making such affinity groups work:

The December Dilemma: practicing inclusion during the winter holidays. The top religious accommodation companies have made in the past 12 months? Considering different religious beliefs of employees when planning holiday-related events. That what was found in the recent Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) “Religion and Corporate Culture Accommodating Religious Diversity Survey.”
Taking differing beliefs into [...]

A federal jury in Portland recently awarded $19 million to four African-American former employees of Asbury Automotive Group, LLC ? the former corporate owner of Thomason Toyota in Gladstone. The workers alleged they were forced to endure a hostile, racially charged work environment.

Christmas Day   99%
Christmas Eve    44%
Good Friday       29%
Easter                19%
Yom Kippur         2%
Ash Wednesday   1%
Passover             1%
Hanukkah           1%
Rosh Hashanah   1%
Other                   4%