several companies have agreed to a White House pledge requiring them to carry out an annual analysis of their employee pay gaps with the aim of getting rid of inequities . The companies , which include Accenture , Amazon , American Airlines , Cisco Systems , Deloitte , Dow Chemical , Expedia , Gap , partners & Johnson , L’Oréal USA , Pepsi Co and Staples , also pledged to examine their hiring and promotion practices and to promote equality through a variety of other initiatives . The US Labor Department will also revise regulations on sex discrimination for federal contractors . This will be the first revision since the 1970s and will include protections for transgender people .
28 companies have committed to a White House pledge requiring them to carry out an annual analysis of their gender pay gaps with the aim of getting rid of inequities. The companies, which include Accenture, Amazon, American Airlines, Cisco Systems, Deloitte, Dow Chemical, Expedia, Gap, Johnson & Johnson, L’Oréal USA, Pepsi Co and Staples, also pledged to examine their hiring and promotion procedures and to promote equality through a variety of other initiatives. The US Labor Department will also revise guidelines on sex discrimination for federal contractors. This will be the first revision since the 1970s and will include protections for transgender people.