facts & figures
religion at work
WHICH COMPANIES OFFER
FLOATING RELIGIOUS HOLIDAYS?
Top 50
74%
Bottom
quarter*
46%
National** 25%
15%
25%
35%
45%
55%
65% 75%
*Bottom quarter of the 317 Top 50 survey participants; **Society for Human Resource
Management and the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding 2,382 randomly
selected SHRM-member survey
Sources: The 2007 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity survey; SHRM/ Tanenbaum
Center for Interreligious Understanding, 2001
14% of the Top 50 offer religious accommodations,
such as prayer rooms, compared with 5% of the bottom quarter*
and even fewer companies nationwide
*Bottom quarter of 317 participants in The 2007 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity survey
Source: The 2007 DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity survey
NUMBER OF
RELIGIOUS-DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS
3000
2500
2000
1500
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 2007
