How Equity Measures Pave the Way for Inclusive Workplaces

Equity measures are a simple way to create more opportunity for marginalised sections within workplaces. Within diversity and inclusion mandates, they play an important role in building a culture that not only promotes inclusivity but also harbours higher productivity for the business. Moreover, they are also an important method to address biases within workplaces. Consequently, training programs create an impact on how employers initiate equity measures in place.

What are Equity Measures?

Equity measures can be defined as policies and processes set in place that benefit marginalised communities within the workplace. These measures are kept in place to open up more opportunities for those who have been systematically disadvantaged. They are also initiated to diversify the workplace and build a higher talent pool for the company. With these policies in place, companies have been able to traverse beyond surface level D&I mandates and have also been able to incorporate diversity within leadership positions as well within the vertical.

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Moreover, with equity measures, corporations have been able to reduce the gender gap that has been persisting for ages. Ungender’s diversity and inclusion advisory focuses on educating and implementing equity measures within workplaces, not only to advantage employees but also to bridge the gap within existing D&I policies. These measures are designed to provide a larger field of opportunity, alignment and space to marginalised employee groups within workplaces.

How can Equity Measures Impact Workplace Culture?

Diversity, equity and inclusion policies are an important harbinger of cultural upheaval within workplaces. Workplace cultures are an important element for employees to feel connected with their colleagues as well as innovate for their own work processes. An alienating workplace culture may have detrimental effects on employee output and productivity. Hence, equity measures that focus on empowering and placing agency within marginalised sections within a work environment fosters an inclusive environment for higher employee output.

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Moreover, equity measures also impact the overall coherence for workplaces. Workplace culture also impacts how employees engage with the business output as well as efficient performance and employee satisfaction. They focus largely on creating distribution of larger spaces of opportunity that goes on to create a coherent workplace philosophy that also attracts relevant talent to the company. Rutuja, Head of Service Delivery at Ungender says,

“Having equity measures in place makes sure that organizations are able to identify and eliminate the obstacles that marginalized groups face. This builds a level playing field for everyone in the team, boosts team morale and fosters an inclusive environment.”

Equity Measures and Impact on Bias Training within Workplaces

Biases have an impact on how companies place policies in place. Moreover, biases also play an integral role in hiring practices. Ungender has previously discusses how leaders can address unconscious biases at work. Equity measures play an important role in addressing unconscious biases and providing opportunity to marginalised employee groups.

Equity measures are designed to create a higher amount of accessibility. It places the onus of providing space to the systematically privileged. This not only makes them address their own biases but also work towards creating space to address these biases. They help employers and HR professionals take accountability for their biases and use training to benefit marginalised sections within the workplace. Equity measures impact bias training programs as they are centred around creating more space for those impacted by said biases. Moreover, equity measures also go a long way in paving way for D&I leaders to measure impact of diversity and inclusion advisories and how training programs have had an impact on fostering equity within the workplace.

Importance of Training Programs

Training programs create an environment for employees and leaders to acknowledge gaps in diversity mandates within workplaces. Training programs also provide the proper space for D&I leaders to incorporate equity measures within workplaces. Diversity and inclusion advisories provide expert training for employees to harbour a positive workplace culture. Moreover, training programs are also important for workplaces to build positive culture for employees.

Diversity and inclusion advisories also provide HR professionals a wider perspective on how employees interact within workplaces. Advisories also put policies in place that help foster equity measures for workplaces. Training programs for workplaces also focus on capacity building while creating curated inputs from different organisations. With equity measures and training programs, employers, HR professionals and D&I leaders can pave the necessary way to incorporate articulate DE&I mandates in place.

Written by: Anuska Roy

Ungender Insights is the product of our learning from advisory work at Ungender. Our team specializes in advising workplaces on workplace diversity and inclusion. Write to us at contact@ungender.in to understand how we can partner with your organization to build a more inclusive workplace.