In today’s rapidly changing legal environment, inclusion leaders are struggling to understand how they can continue to use diversity data (i.e., data related to protected employee characteristics) to understand the workplace experiences of their Historically Excluded Talent. This guide reviews the current legal guidance within the United States around both collecting diversity data and using it in corporate decision-making and program development. Next, it shares the results of Seramount’s recent listening sessions, in which senior inclusion leaders have shared their organizations’ current policies and practices around collecting, analyzing, and sharing employee data. Finally, it concludes with recommendations about how to approach diversity data in the current climate.
