JLens, a SEC-registered investment advisor affiliated with the Anti-Defamation League, released the inaugural JLens Workplace Tracker this week, assessing whether the 100 largest US public companies have adopted 14 key policies and practices supporting Jewish employees. The tracker evaluates companies across three categories: Jewish Experience in the Workplace, Religious Accommodations, and Workplace Protections.
Specific metrics include the presence of a Jewish employee resource group, antisemitism training, protection against ancestry-based and religious discrimination, floating holidays, prayer or reflection spaces, and confidential reporting mechanisms. Thirty companies received medal designations based on publicly available and company-reported information, while the remaining 70 were designated as "Not Rated" due to insufficient public data.
Amazon, Bank of America, Cisco, JPMorgan Chase, KKR, Pfizer, S&P Global, Spotify, and Uber received Gold designations. Accenture, Coca-Cola, Eli Lilly, GE Vernova, Intuit, Meta, Microsoft, Salesforce, and Thermo Fisher Scientific were awarded Silver. Bronze designations went to AbbVie, Adobe, Alphabet, American Express, Apple, Citigroup, CrowdStrike, Medtronic, Morgan Stanley, Netflix, Palo Alto Networks, and Texas Instruments.
Ari Hoffnung, managing director of JLens, said in a statement that Jewish employees often face practical challenges during the High Holy Days and when requesting religious accommodations. "When a company publishes its religious accommodation policy and walks new hires through it at orientation, that employee is asking for something routine rather than something extraordinary," he said.
The initiative follows research highlighting workplace disparities for Jewish employees. According to a 2024 survey by Clal, 13 percent of Jewish employees reported considering leaving a job due to their experiences as a Jew at work. A field experiment sponsored by the ADL Center for Antisemitism Research found that Jewish American and Israeli American job applicants faced measurable disparities in positive response rates compared to peers with Western European backgrounds. JLens said the tracker is an informational tool rather than a ranking or measure of employee experience, and that companies can submit updated information for review at any time.
