Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Our experienced attorneys partner with employers to provide diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) solutions that are designed to enhance and improve an organization’s current culture, while creating a more tolerant, encouraging, and productive workplace.

At FordHarrison, we believe that DEI programs are more than just something employers need to meet legal and regulatory obligations. Diversity incorporates tolerance, acceptance, and respect in order to attract talent and maintain a happy and productive workforce. FordHarrison attorneys have extensive experience assisting companies in navigating the challenges of embracing and implementing DEI programs and initiatives while ensuring full compliance with applicable labor and employment laws. Through our own internal programs, we have seen firsthand that DEI can provide bountiful returns to both the employer and employees alike. For FordHarrison, DEI has become a respected and important aspect of our own road to success. You can learn more about FordHarrison’s own commitment to diversity here.

Development and Implementation. We work with employers in a variety of industries who seek to embrace DEI as an important and necessary part of their business culture. For employers who have already made strides in this area and have deployed some DEI efforts, or employers who recognize the importance that DEI plays in their future success, but who may not yet have taken steps to implement any programs, FordHarrison offers services, including, but not limited to:

• Complete creation of DEI programs from inception to implementation and monitoring effectiveness,
• Direction on building a case for diversity internally,
• Drafting a mission statement,
• Establishing a diversity council,
• Drafting and executing employee engagement surveys,
• Audit of current programs and initiatives,
• Providing education and training on cultural competency at various levels,
• Ensuring that all DEI programs and initiatives are compliant with local, state, and federal laws,
• Conducting privileged pay equity analyses, including wage gap and glass ceiling assessments.

Training. FordHarrison’s depth of experience and expertise in providing client DEI training can help ensure that all levels of employees are culturally competent, aware of their implicit biases and able to interact and accept individuals from all walks of life. FordHarrison’s attorneys work with clients to create a custom interactive training strategy that will allow their team members to not only thrive and be creative, but to unlock their full potential. FordHarrison provides comprehensive DEI training, including, but not limited to:

• Allyship and Understanding Privilege
• Antisemitism
• Appearance Discrimination
• Communication Across Differences
• Creating and Maintaining an Inclusive Workplace
• Cross Cultural Competence
• DEI and its Impact on Corporate Success (Executive Training)
• Diversity Definitions
• Gender Bias
• Generational Diversity
• Hiring, Retention and Growth in a Diverse Environment
• Inclusivity & Employee Engagement
• Neurodivergence and Mental Health Diversity 
• Sensitivity Awareness, Respect & Dignity
• Sexual Harassment
• The Importance of Aligning Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Work
• Unconscious Bias, Microaggressions & Gaslighting

Regardless of where your organization may presently be on the path to making DEI a part of your culture, our attorneys will work alongside you to determine the most advantageous course of action in developing and implementing a program that will provide the greatest benefit to you and your employees.

If you would like us to prepare a proposal to assist your company with your labor and employment law needs, please contact clientservice@fordharrison.com.