
World of HR: Vodacom South Africa brings sign language into the workplace
The company is embedding the language into employee programs and providing sign language education to create a more inclusive workplace for Deaf employees.

The company is embedding the language into employee programs and providing sign language education to create a more inclusive workplace for Deaf employees.
The letter emphasized AT&T’s commitment to legal compliance, but didn’t outline any policy changes.

Despite the government directives and rollbacks, many employers stuck with DEI, and practitioners are hopeful that progress towards workplace equality will continue.

The changes were a response to the Trump administration’s anti-DEI priorities.

“You cannot fix the internal workplace challenges you have if you are not going to measure it,” one DEI leader said.

“There was a lot of like, ‘Winner takes all,’ that one person’s progress comes really at the expense of the other, and I really wanted to push back against that narrative.”

Even some DEI opponents seem to agree that disability hiring efforts should remain a priority.
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