US Equality & diversity promise

Our Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Promise

We believe that a culture built on trust, respect, equality and inclusivity will enable us to live our values, achieve our ambitions and deliver our purpose.
We believe that diversity must be evident at all levels of our business and reflect the markets and communities we serve.
We know that actions speak louder than words. Significant and enduring change will need our constant commitment.

We will support equity, diversity and inclusion in all its forms.
We will place no limits on where we attract talent to join Hays.
Our hiring decisions will be made on talent and potential alone.
We will encourage people to speak up and speak out so that all voices are heard and listened to.
We want all our people to succeed and will strive to help them to fulfil their career ambitions.
We are open to learning and understand we can always do better.
We will support our clients, suppliers and partners to deliver on their own Equity, Diversity and Inclusion ambitions.
We will strive to live our purpose of creating opportunities and improving lives in all that we do.

In FY22 we will:

Establish regional plans and actions to deliver Equity, Diversity and Inclusion throughout our business.
Set diversity targets appropriate to each area of the business.
Extend our work with Hatch Analytics to new geographies and incorporate their findings into our plans.
Forensically review who, how and why we promote across our whole business.
Launch specific targets for female representation in Senior Leadership globally.
Establish an Advisory Group of Senior Female Leaders to inform and support regional and global DE&I initiatives and actions to meet these targets.
Develop a best practice approach to create a truly inclusive environment in all Hays’ businesses globally.
Work with the Hays Helps initiative to support Our Purpose of Improving Lives and Creating Opportunities, specifically for under-represented demographics.