The JUST Report: Workers Are Demanding More
This week, close to 15,000 workers at companies like John Deere, Kellogg, and Kaiser Permanente are on strike right now to demand better wages and benefits.
We sat down with leaders from the Department of Commerce, Edwards Lifesciences, P&G, and PolicyLink to discuss how business and government can deliver an equitable economic recovery for workers.
The JUST Report: Measuring a Company’s Most Important Asset
The SEC continues to signal that more corporate disclosure on human capital is inevitable. Companies are now left to decide which side of the curve they want to be on.
With investors, regulators, and other stakeholders paying close attention to how companies treat their workers, we analyzed the state of human capital data disclosure among the 100 largest U.S. employers.
The JUST Report: Fixing Corporate America’s “Broken Rung”
Individual stories of women rising to the top of organizations (GM CEO Mary Barra was just named the next chair of the Business Roundtable) can mask not only the lack of representation on a larger scale, but the significant gap in internal development across corporate America.
America’s Child Care Crisis Calls for Stronger Corporate and Policy Action
The pandemic has made the scale of the child care crisis in the U.S. clear. Corporate leaders have a significant role to play in backing holistic solutions to support workers and their families.
Worker Financial Wellness Initiative participants Chipotle, PayPal, and Prudential Financial share how companies can boost business resilience in a post-pandemic economy by investing in their employees’ financial security.
The JUST Report: The 32 Companies That Lead Their Industries on Workers
This coming Monday marks Labor Day in the U.S. – an occasion to celebrate workers and honor their contributions. Ahead of the holiday, we took a look at the 32 companies that top their industries on worker issues in our 2021 Rankings of America’s Most JUST Companies.
The JUST Report: ‘The Only Sustainable Competitive Advantage’
PayPal CEO Dan Schulman and Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box to explain what they see as the most important step for attracting and retaining talent post-pandemic.
Among Companies Leading on Living Wage, Tech Outnumbers Other Industries
Technology and Utilities companies pay more workers a living wage than other industries.
In a tight labor market, particularly for industries with more lower-wage workers, Americans say companies should respond by raising wages and offering benefits – and making these changes permanent.
JUST Capital and PayPal have teamed up with the Financial Health Network and the Good Jobs Institute to make businesses stronger and more resilient.
The New Blueprint for Business
The majority of Americans believe in capitalism but want to see it improved, especially through treating workers with respect and equal opportunity.
The Philanthropic Leverage Effect of JUST Capital
We’re leveraging the private sector to drive large-scale change on America’s most pressing challenges. This ‘force multiplier effect’ can generate huge philanthropic returns – here’s how.
JUST Capital filed a public comment endorsing a set of federally mandated ESG standards on climate, human capital, and DEI metrics.
The JUST Report: We Need To Talk About Wages
As the debate rages over why millions of jobs, especially low-wage ones, have been left unfilled, the idea of lifting wages and providing good jobs has gotten relatively little attention.
Best Buy’s Former CEO Shares Leadership Lessons from the Hugely Successful Turnaround He Oversaw
Hubert Joly said that the essence of his leadership style is recognizing the humanity of his workforce and treating profit as an outcome of purpose, not the purpose itself.
Pay Equity Analysis Is a Critical Step to Advancing Racial Equity in Corporate America
Racial pay gaps persist in the United States. We’re tracking which companies are assessing if they exist within their own organizations and sharing the results.
FHN’s Jennifer Tescher makes the case for joining the Worker Financial Wellness Initiative, the first step toward building stronger, more resilient companies based on a holistic understanding of financial health.
We Need to Talk About Advancing the Minimum Wage – But in the Context of Creating Good Jobs
Good jobs – created by investing in workers’ financial health, career development, and overall well-being – must be central to the conversation around wages.
JUST and the Head of CECP will talk with Nick about how he led a cultural transformation to engage employees, enhance diversity, and increase transparency around key human capital issues.
The JUST Report: These Are The Companies That Are Best For Women
Pay equity mattered a lot to the public before the pandemic, and it matters even more now.
Walmart Takes a Short-Term Hit to Deliver Long-Term Value
Walmart has seen both sides of the stakeholder vs shareholder debate over the last seven days, losing $25 billion off its market cap after a mixed earnings call.
MIT Sloan professor Zeynep Ton explains why assessing your workforce’s financial wellness is a powerful first step toward building long-term value and resilience.
Contract Workers Need a Just Recovery: Lessons from Microsoft and Mercer on the Future of Work
At the start of the pandemic, Microsoft committed to continue paying its contractor workers – and reaped the benefits. Here’s why companies to need make sure they’re not overlooking this section of their workforce.
