#HellaJuneteenth goes national. The Oakland-based collective HellaCreative’s push for companies to observe Juneteenth as a paid holiday was a massive success, thanks in part to a boost from Jack Dorsey. Among the 375+ companies that took part were tech giants like Spotify, TikTok, Adobe, Lyft and Postmates. [Built In SF]
Kaepernick joins Medium’s board. The SF-based digital publisher just brought on Colin Kaepernick as a board member. The former 49ers quarterback will also be helping the site craft features on race and civil rights in the United States. [CBS News]
Eskalera launched its Inclusion Index. The SF-based HR platform came out with a new tool that aims to help companies make their workplaces more diverse and inclusive in a meaningful, lasting way. We spoke with leaders at the company to learn how they did it. [Built In SF]
Airbnb tackling racial discrimination. The company just pulled back the curtain on Project Lighthouse, an effort to identify and address the incidence of racial discrimination on its platform. The company has partnered with civil rights groups including Asian Americans Advancing Justice, Color of Change, LULAC and Upturn as part of the initiative. [Built In SF]
NVCA launches diversity-focused nonprofit. The National Venture Capital Association is making a push to bring more diversity to the startup world. Its new nonprofit arm, Venture Forward, will split its work out of the organization’s Washington, D.C., headquarters and its San Francisco office. [Silicon Valley Business Journal]
Buffer extends four-day workweek pilot. In April, the SF-based social media analytics and publishing platform announced it was embarking on a month-long pilot of a four-day workweek. The results are in and the company says it will extend its pilot to continue through the end of 2020. The company says its employees are reporting lower stress levels, higher work happiness and higher feelings of autonomy as a result of the change. [Buffer]
Slack offers permanent WFH. The messaging platform just became the latest company to follow in the footsteps of Twitter, Facebook and others in allowing its employees to work remotely indefinitely, if they wish to do so. Originally, the plan was for workers to return to the office on September 1. [Fox Business]
Yelp adds features for reopening. The SF-headquartered platform just launched expanded COVID-19 sections on all profiles. These allow businesses to indicate what actions they are taking in terms of enforcing social distancing, mask-wearing and addressing other questions customers might have. It’s also updating its waitlist feature, which might help some businesses manage and avoid crowds. [TechCrunch]
SF officials targeting executive pay. The city’s board of supervisors is proposing putting a measure on November’s ballots that would call on higher taxes for companies that offer stock to their employees as well as those led by executives who make more than 100 times the company’s median salary. [Axios]
