Trailblazer Pacesetter LATE BLOOMER
Company Narrative
FOX Corporation, the American multinational mass media company has been ranked as a LATE BLOOMER based on the Women’s Power and Influence Index.
FOX Corporation has achieved pay equity without regard to race and gender. Employee resource groups such as WOMEN@FOX, Women of FOX Sports, and WiT (Women in Tech) stand to empower and promote women’s representation and impact within FOX.
As of 2022, women made up roughly 40% of Fox Corporation’s workforce, and 26% of women occupy leadership positions.
Information regarding criteria for women and diverse mentorship, women recruitment initiatives, pay parity, and annual compensation review was not found in publicly available FOX Corporation sources.
Workforce Profile
Equitable Pay
✓ Does the company demonstrate a clear and transparent commitment to equal pay?
“FOX operates with an ownership mentality which is intended to encourage our entrepreneurial spirit and collegial approach, providing our employees with an environment where they can take creative risks and fulfill their own professional goals. Providing equal pay for equal work, without regard to race, gender or other protected characteristics, is an imperative at FOX.”
Ref: pg 28, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✘ Does the company perform an annual analysis of gender pay equity and pay disparities?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✘ Do female employees earn at least 95% of what their male counterparts earn?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
Career Growth
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to actively attracting, retaining, and/or promoting women within the organization?
“We are committed to diversity from the very top. Our Board of Directors requires that minority and female candidates are presented for consideration with each director vacancy. We believe that the more voices in the room and the more diverse the experiences of our colleagues, the better FOX’s internal culture and external programming are. Our diversity enables us to be more reflective of the audiences we reach and enhances our ability to create news, sports and entertainment programming that serves all viewers across the country. An inclusive and diverse workplace is not merely a strategy or business objective—it is fundamentally woven in the fabric of the Company. This commitment begins with our approach to talent recruitment across all our disciplines and extends to the way we nurture and advance our colleagues’ careers.”
Ref: pg 23, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company provide professional development programs designed specifically for female employees?
“FOX also facilitates Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are formed around shared identity, interests or pursuits. These ERGs advance careers, form a more inclusive workplace community and foster a sense of belonging… WOMEN@FOX: creates the space for developing female leadership at all levels and fosters a culture where all women thrive.”
Ref: pg 25, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company provide professional development programs designed specifically for diverse employees?
“FOX also facilitates Employee Resource Groups (ERGs), which are formed around shared identity, interests or pursuits. These ERGs advance careers, form a more inclusive workplace community and foster a sense of belonging. FOX offers nine Employee Resource Groups…”
Ref: pg 25, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company offer a formal mentoring program to support the career advancement of all female employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✘ Does the company offer a formal mentoring program to support the career advancement of diverse employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✘ Does the company have policies and programs in place to actively recruit female candidates?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✓ Does the company have policies and programs in place to actively recruit diverse candidates?
“An inclusive and diverse workplace is not merely a strategy or business objective—it is fundamentally woven in the fabric of the Company. This commitment begins with our approach to talent recruitment across all our disciplines and extends to the way we nurture and advance our colleagues’ careers.”
Ref: pg 23, Fox 2022 CSR Report
Work-Life Balance
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to providing support and/or time off for women with children?
“Our parental leave policy allows eligible new parents to bond with their children for a substantial period with full pay, and our workplaces have lactation rooms for our new mothers. We provide onsite subsidized childcare to full-time employees at the Los Angeles FOX Child Care Center. In addition, we offer backup child, adult and elder care benefits to help full-time employees with back-to-school transitions and caregiving support while managing remote work and virtual learning. Our coverage includes extra backup care to use during a child’s first year to assist with a parent’s return to work. For calendar years 2021 and 2022, we doubled the number of days that employees may use the backup care service from 20 to 40 days per year, and we also allow employees to use their backup care benefits for virtual tutoring.”
Ref: pg 28, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company provide child care support for employees?
“Our parental leave policy allows eligible new parents to bond with their children for a substantial period with full pay, and our workplaces have lactation rooms for our new mothers.”
Ref: pg 28, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company offer subsidized child care?
“We provide onsite subsidized childcare to full-time employees at the Los Angeles FOX Child Care Center. In addition, we offer backup child, adult and elder care benefits to help full-time employees with back-to-school transitions and caregiving support while managing remote work and virtual learning. Our coverage includes extra backup care to use during a child’s first year to assist with a parent’s return to work. For calendar years 2021 and 2022, we doubled the number of days that employees may use the backup care service from 20 to 40 days per year, and we also allow employees to use their backup care benefits for virtual tutoring.”
Ref: pg 28, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓Does the company offer paid maternity leave for birthing parents?
“Our parental leave policy allows eligible new parents to bond with their children for a substantial period with full pay, and our workplaces have lactation rooms for our new mothers.”
Ref: pg 28, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✘ Does the company provide paid parental leave that extends beyond birthing parents to include surrogacy, adoption, and paternity leave?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to supporting the health benefits of its female employees?
We also provide a broad array of generous benefits that support the health, wellness and financial stability of our employees and their families. Full-time employees are eligible for medical insurance through a choice of several plans. Employees may enroll family members, including same- and opposite-sex domestic partners, in this coverage. Freelance employees who work a minimum number of hours are also eligible for a medical plan. Many employees enjoy the convenience of covered telemedicine visits. In addition, we provide vision and dental insurance, which includes coverage for adult orthodontic care. Our coverage is generous, with employee contributions and costs more favorable than national averages, according to a 2021 Mercer LLC survey. In addition, eligible employees may participate in flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts and qualified transportation expense accounts.
Ref: pg 28, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✘ Does the company offer women-specific health benefits for female employees?
Information regarding this criterion was unavailable or incomplete.
Workplace Standards
✓ Does the company have a policy listing prohibited behaviors, such as harassment and retaliation?
“The Company prohibits harassment based on the Protected Characteristics in any form, including verbal, visual, or physical harassment. Conduct that may violate this policy includes:
- Verbal conduct: using demeaning, derogatory, degrading, obscene, or threatening terms; making comments, epithets, slurs, or jokes; offering or denying employment benefits in exchange for sexual favors; making or threatening reprisals after receiving a negative response to a sexual advance; making unwanted sexual advances or flirtations, lewd or suggestive sexual comments or innuendos, or jokes of a sexual nature; making comments about an individual’s appearance, body, or physical attributes, or style of dress; teasing someone because of their actual or perceived gender; calling someone offensive nicknames; persistent or repeated compliments or requests for dates; engaging in abusive or humiliating behavior, including shouting at or targeting an individual in public or private settings;
- Visual conduct: displaying or forwarding demeaning, derogatory, degrading, obscene, or pornographic letters, notes, emails, instant messages, text messages, screen savers, images, invitations, statements, or pictorial depictions, including sexually explicit, violent, or offensive pictures, videos, objects, cartoons, posters, or other material of a similar nature; leering or making sexual or obscene gestures; and
- Physical conduct: assaulting another person; impeding or blocking movements; unwanted touching, including of a sexual nature (e.g., massaging someone’s shoulders or intentionally brushing up against another person’s body).”
Ref: pg 1/2, Fox Corporation 2023 Harassment Statement
✓ Does the company mandate all employees to undergo harassment and discrimination training?
“All new hires must complete training on the Preventing Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation Policy, as well as compliance and business ethics, and existing employees must complete the training periodically.”
Ref: pg 31, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company have a defined harassment policy that includes promptly addressing reported incidents?
“All FOX managers and employees are expected to help implement our human rights commitment. Individuals are encouraged to raise any issues with a manager in the Human Resources Department, an attorney in FOX’s Legal Department, or to our 24-hour Alertline. Reports through the Alertline may be made anonymously. The telephone number for the Alert line is 844-809-9347; one may also access the Alertline at www.alertline.fox.
Reported concerns will be investigated. If FOX reasonably determines that a violation of this policy has occurred, we will take appropriate remedial action. ”
Ref: pg 1, Fox Corporation 2020 Human Rights Statement
Stakeholder Engagement
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to helping external stakeholders address gender equality issues?
“FOX Entertainment’s #TVForAll digital campaign is a call to do more and a push for awareness of the impact that different cultures and races have had on American history. Through exclusive content, a space is created for all voices from all communities to be heard and seen. With over five million impressions across FOX TV handles, each campaign highlights the multidimensional facets and influence from each community in celebration of Latinx Heritage Month, Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and Pride Month. #TVForAll shines a light on the need for increased diversity in the entertainment space, featuring talent from a variety of FOX shows, including 9-1-1, The Cleaning Lady, The Resident, Fantasy Island, I Can See Your Voice and MasterChef.”
Ref: pg 19, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company offer and support initiatives that promote gender equality in the community?
“Throughout [International Women’s Month], FOX Giving double matched employee donations to She Should Run, Girls Who Code, Boundless Brilliance, Black Girls CODE and Downtown Women’s Center of Los Angeles.”
Ref: pg 26, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company demonstrate a commitment to helping internal stakeholders/employees address gender equality issues?
“We are committed to diversity from the very top. Our Board of Directors requires that minority and female candidates are presented for consideration with each director vacancy. We believe that the more voices in the room and the more diverse the experiences of our colleagues, the better FOX’s internal culture and external programming are. Our diversity enables us to be more reflective of the audiences we reach and enhances our ability to create news, sports and entertainment programming that serves all viewers across the country. An inclusive and diverse workplace is not merely a strategy or business objective—it is fundamentally woven in the fabric of the Company. This commitment begins with our approach to talent recruitment across all our disciplines and extends to the way we nurture and advance our colleagues’ careers.”
Ref: pg 23, Fox 2022 CSR Report
✓ Does the company offer equity-focused trainings, speaker programs, or events for employees?
“Our Employee Resource Group BLK+ devoted this month to presenting a series of workshops entitled “GROW WITH BLK+: Black Futures Month,” which included strategies and tools for development in the areas of network, finance, mental health and career.
To celebrate Women’s History Month, FOX curated a series of activations aimed at engaging and informing employees. Our ERGs led the way with several virtual programs including a collaboration from FOX HOLA and FOX Women in Tech on a special edition of “Latino Leaders: Speakers Series” focused on the triumphs and challenges of being a Latina leader in the technology sector. On International Women’s Day, FOX’s WOMEN@ ERG presented a fireside chat with FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott, hosted by FOX News Media Anchor Dana Perino. Ms. Scott shared her experiences as FOX’s first female CEO, as well as her thoughts on mentorship, balancing life and career aspirations and the importance of inclusive leadership.”
Ref: pg 26, Fox 2022 CSR Report